Australian Journal of Early Childhood back issues from June 2005:
Editorial.(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2005; ... This edition of the Australian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC) hopes to be more than a read and think. In this edition we are hoping that you will read, think and respond. The early childhood professional community is spread far and wide and it is difficult to sustain scholarly debate at ...
Topic: editorial in AJEC Vol. 30 No. 1.(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2005; ... I wanted to support the committee's comments in the editorial of the previous AJEC. AJEC is an important voice for early childhood in Australia as well as being read in New Zealand, the UK and the US. AJEC is a unique voice and only one of two that really gives a voice to ...
Developmental fossils--unearthing the artefacts of early childhood education: the reification of 'Child Development'.(diversity across cultures)(impact on theories of Child Development for multicultural societies)
Jun 01, 2005; ... Introduction Contemporary early childhood education in many English-speaking countries foregrounds the importance of educators' 'Child Development' knowledge. In particular, most Australian students and graduates of early childhood education programs would have focused at some ...
The normalised child: a non-traditional psychological framework.(approaches to the concept of deviancy)
Jun 01, 2005; ... Approaches to defining norm and deviance Sociology offers a general concept of deviance as any pattern of behaviour that is markedly different from the accepted standards within a society. The connotation is that moral or ethical issues are involved (e.g., Aggleton, 1987; ...
Response to 'the normalised child', L. Grebennikov.(Montessori concepts of normalization and deviation in childhood)
Jun 01, 2005; ... Grebennikov has chosen to present to the contemporary gaze, the so-called 'absolute' concepts of Maria Montessori regarding normalisation and deviation in childhood. A courageous move indeed, in times when few would dare to postulate such a singular interpretation of 'truth'. ...
'Queerying' gender: heteronormativity in early childhood education.(gender construction in early childhood)
Jun 01, 2005; ... Introduction Over the past decade or so, research has increasingly documented the process of gender construction in early childhood. This research has highlighted how children themselves are active and knowing agents in this process, engaging in the policing of gender ...
What children's cortisol levels tell us about quality in childcare centres.
Jun 01, 2005; ... Stress and outcomes Research has demonstrated over a number of years that stress impacts on long-term outcomes for both children and adults. Chronic stress has been found to be associated with an impaired immune response (Padgett & Glaser, 2003), with the individual being prone ...
Staff shortages in children's services: challenging taken-for-granted discourses.
Jun 01, 2005; ... Introduction Long day care services (1) around Australia are under considerable pressure because of the cumulative impact of the increased demand for and supply of long day care places and difficulties recruiting and retaining qualified staff (Warrilow, Fisher, Cummings, ...
The Communication Accretion Spiral: a communication process for promoting and sustaining meaningful partnerships between families and early childhood service staff.
Jun 01, 2005; ... Introduction Good parent-staff relationships in early childhood services essentially underpin all that defines quality and yet, as Hughes and MacNaughton (1999; 2002) have said, these relationships are often the most problematic. While interest and rhetoric have focused on ...