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Topic: Editorial in AJEC Vol. 30 No. 1
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 Australian early childhood research. I know early childhood researchers publish in a myriad of places but a targeted publication gets a more informed audience that raises the value of the material under discussion.
The idea of incorporating articles that give a voice to different methodologies and perspectives is one I support. Form and structure has tended to dominate research in recent years, so a move to balance this is highly commendable.
On the internationalisation issue I can say that I would welcome such a move. If the committee revisits some of the early years of the journal there was a strong international flavour. It is surprising that this disappeared so quietly, though perhaps this happened when OMEP became less strongly associated with the editorship of the journal. In a globalising world it is essential to broaden our own perspective.
This letter is therefore a statement of support for the committee's two goals for the journal: the inclusion of a wider range of voices, and an international voice.
Berenice Nyland
RMIT University
AJEC, Vol. 30 No. 2, June 2005, p. 1. You can purchase this issue of the Australian
Journal of Early Childhood now.
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