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The implications of poverty on children’s readiness to learn |
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Dr. Fiona Hilferty
Dr. Gerry Redmond
Professor Ilan Katz
University of New South Wales
This paper reviews Australian and international literature to examine the effect
of poverty on children’s readiness to learn. It includes a discussion of how children’s
readiness and ability to learn can be nurtured from birth, and how poverty places a
child’s healthy developmental pathway at risk. The paper concludes with a discussion
of the barriers to the introduction of successful early intervention programs in
Australia.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood – Volume 35 No 4 December 2010
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Last Updated ( Friday, 15 April 2011 )
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