Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from September 2008

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from September 2008

Editorial.(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... AUSTRALIAN EARLY CHILDHOOD is at a pivotal point. For the first time in many years there is some recognition at federal government level of the importance of early childhood. For the first time in many years I have a feeling our voices are...

Contextual factors affecting inclusion during children's transitions from preschool to school.(Report)
September 1, 2008... THE TRANSITION FROM preschool to school is an opportune time to investigate the process of inclusion, as this marks entry into the formal education system. Few empirical studies have focused on how children with impairments experience the...

Teachers following children? Heteronormative responses within a discourse of child-centredness and the emergent curriculum.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Introduction TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE teaching, lecturing and researching in the early childhood education sector in New Zealand has shaped my view that sexuality is socially constructed, that children are sexualised beings, that early...

Enhancing environmental awareness through the arts.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Background YOUNG CHILDREN'S PERCEPTIONS of the natural world and their engagement with it (or lack thereof) are emerging areas of research in the early childhood field. Cutter-Mackenzie and Edwards (2006) highlight the relevance of the...

A collaborative approach to literacy: inner-city preschool children, families and the school community.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Introduction GALLAS (1994) SUGGESTS that in all societies children have many layers of representational resources available to them, such as play, song and artistic activity. This understanding is receiving increasing attention among...

The construction of early childhood teachers' professional identities, then and now.
September 1, 2008... THIS PAPER DRAWS ON the writing of Lillian de Lissa (a pre-eminent figure in the field of early childhood teacher education a century ago) to explore early childhood teachers' professional identities. De Lissa was the first principal of the...

Women's reflections on choosing quality long day care in a regional community.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Introduction AUSTRALIAN PARENTS are grappling with what to many experts in early childhood education is a fundamental paradox--quality child care and corporate profit (Goodfellow, 2005). In the national media, parents question the quality...

The Preparatory Year in a Queensland non-government school: exploring parents' views.
September 1, 2008... Introduction 'IT IS TIME for us to consider how to give Queensland children an even better start to formal schooling, and better meet the needs of their parents and carers' (Education Queensland, 2002, p. 2). This statement, issued by...