Early Childhood Research & Practice articles from March 2005

Early Childhood Research & Practice archives from March 2005

Assessing the quality of early years learning environments.
March 22, 2005... Abstract This article describes a means of evaluating early years classrooms from the perspective of the child's experience. Nine key themes, such as motivation and independence, are identified as representing significant aspects of a...

"Reading" young children's visual texts.
March 22, 2005... Abstract This article discusses a study that explored first-grade students' responses to and interpretations of eight picture books with metafictive devices. The article focuses on children's visual and written responses to the picture...

The food and restaurant project.
March 22, 2005... Abstract This article describes a food and restaurant project undertaken by 6-year-old children in a bilingual school in Mexico City. The teacher who conducted this study illustrates the children's involvement in this investigation through...

Young children's spontaneous participation during classroom book reading: differences according to various types of books.
March 22, 2005... Abstract This study examined young children's spontaneous participation during classroom book reading in response to different types of books. Twenty kindergarten teachers read four books--two fiction (familiar/unfamiliar story format) and...

Moving toward visual literacy: photography as a language of teacher inquiry.
March 22, 2005... Abstract This article presents one portrayal of the role of photography as a language of teacher inquiry. To inform teachers' use of photography, the first part of the article presents a brief historical perspective of photography's role...

The Lunch Project.
March 22, 2005... Abstract This article discusses a project about lunch undertaken by a class of 3- to 5-year-old children in a preschool in Iowa. Following a description of the school and the goals of the project, the article presents the three phases of...

Getting teachers from here to there: examining issues related to an early care and education teacher policy.
March 22, 2005... Abstract Most early care and education teachers are not required to have attained a bachelor's degree (BA) prior to working with young children. Because of the research base demonstrating that teachers with a BA specifically related to...