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July 2010 - ECA calls on all political parties to respond to national early childhood priorities
July 2010 - Media Release: Coalition back to the dark ages with plan to remove childcare national rating system
July 2010 - Media Release: Early childhood industry welcomes fortnightly childcare rebate
July 2010 - Media Release: Childcare quality, not price at top of new parents' minds
July 2010 - Media Release: Early childhood must be a focus in federal election
February 2010 - Improving children's speaking skills
February 2010 - 'Reaching the marginalized' report released
January 2010 - Childcare rates online calculator launched
December 2009 - Early Years Learning Framework online forum: Updated Educators' Guide
December 2009 - Save the children call for national children's commissioner
November 2009 - Prime Minister apologises to the Forgotten Australians
October 2009 - Hands Up for Quality campaign
October 2009 - KidsMatter pilot project receives funding boost
August 2009 - Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards
August 2009 - Literacy and Numeracy Week
June 2009 - Advanced teaching standards forums
May 2009 - Healthy eating and physical activity guidelines - Field testing update
May 2009 - Save the Children release 'State of the world's mothers' report
April 2009 - Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Guidelines for Early Childhood Settings
March 2009 - Influenza health warning
March 2009 - Early Years Learning Framework online forum
March 2009 - UNICEF: State of the World's Children report
February 2009 - Bushfires and their effect on children
January 2009 - Books to engage children in reading
January 2009 - Behaviour management in the transition from pre-school to kindergarten
January 2009 - Healthy eating and physical activity guidelines for early childhood settings
December 2008 - FAQ for Advanced Teaching Standards
December 2008 - Call for papers for curriculum AJEC
December 2008 - Staff required for the KidsMatter national project
December 2008 - New UNESCO report on world education levels
December 2008 - Advanced Teaching Standards for teachers of three to eight year olds
December 2008 - Update on CFK Childcare and ABC Learning
November 2008 - ECA's Best Picture Books of 2008
October 2008 - Common colds need common sense, not antibiotics
September 2008 - Children's Book Council of Australia 2008 Award Winners
June 2008 - Call for participation in parent fatigue survey
June 2008 - Autism Spectrum Disorder support program
May 2008 - Inaugural meeting of the Interim National Curriculum Board
May 2008 - Childcare sector responds to PM's 2020 vision
April 2008 - Charter for Australian teachers
April 2008 - Consumer groups campaign against junk food advertising
April 2008 - NEiTA teacher awards: Call for nominations
April 2008 - Stress levels of children in child care
April 2008 - Indigenous Health Equality Summit: Statement of Intent
March 2008 - Planning for the cost of education in 2008
March 2008 - Social and emotional wellbeing of students
March 2008 - ABC Learning situation prompts reassessment of Australia's childcare market
March 2008 - Learning from child care in Canada
March 2008 - Australian schools invited to support National Reconciliation Week
February 2008 - Federal plan to increase Indigenous education outcomes
February 2008 - PM Kevin Rudd says 'sorry' to the Stolen Generations
February 2008 - Australia Day honours
February 2007 - Proposed Tasmanian childcare courses raise concerns
January 2008 - 'Andy Warhol for Kids' at the Queensland Art Gallery
January 2008 - New resource for selecting violence-free media
December 2007 - SNAICC responds to Queensland Government's treatment of Aurukun child abuse case
December 2007 - Research into early childhood eating patterns
November 2007 - Australian Greens 'stand up for children'
November 2007 - ECA's Best Picture Books of 2007
October 2007 - More responses to ECA's federal election e-Card – Democrats and Labor
October 2007 - New government literacy and numeracy resources produced by Early Childhood Australia
October 2007 - Call for 'paradigm shift' in early childhood care and education
October 2007 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner responds to Prime Minister's commitment to 'new reconciliation'
October 2007 - Labor's response to Early Childhood Australia's election agenda
October 2007 - Online communication expert recommends parents educate rather than censor
October 2007 - Winners of the 2007 NEiTA teacher awards
October 2007 - Call to alter national law on childcare ratio
September 2007 - Financial planning advice for parents
September 2007 - Early Childhood Australia calls for emission targets
September 2007 - New Australian research into early autism detection
September 2007 - National voice for parents, families and carers
September 2007 - Second wave data released from Growing Up in Australia study
September 2007 - Draft charter for primary school education
August 2007 - Government intervention in Indigenous communities – responses continue
August 2007 - National awards for quality schooling – nominations open
July 2007 - NT Update from SNAICC
June 2007 - Australian and British research into childhood obesity
June 2007 - Report on child abuse in NT Indigenous communities
June 2007 - New registration process for Queensland's blue cards
June 2007 - Under Eights Week in the news!
May 2007 - Reconciliation begins with Australia's children
May 2007 - Call for ban on TV junk food advertising to children
May 2007 - Policy and resources to support New Zealand early childhood education
May 2007 - Early Childhood Australia response to Budget
May 2007 - Call for families to participate in ADHD research project
April 2007 - US study into effects of long day care on developing children
April 2007 - Early childhood documentary nominated for Logie Awards
April 2007 - New research into life expectancy of Indigenous Australians
March 2007 - ECA discussion regarding Labor's early years policy
March 2007 - Australian musical education website
March 2007 - Exercise guidelines for children under age five
March 2007 - Awards honour leadership in Indigenous education
March 2007 - Australia's work patterns threaten family wellbeing
March 2007 - Queensland child-friendly community program receives million-dollar grant
March 2007 - American Psychological Association report on the sexualisation of girls
Feb 2007 - Early childhood research: The impact of infant weight gain
Feb 2007 - Child Protection Australia: Increase in child abuse cases
Feb 2007 - Australia Day Honours
Feb 2007 - New online sustainability education program
Jan 2007 - Federal Opposition unveils new early childhood education initiative
Jan 2007 - Common colds need common sense: Registrations for free staff updates now open
Jan 2007 - Investment in early childhood education and US pre-kindergarten grading
Jan 2007 - New TV documentary explores the development of children in Australia
Jan 2007 - Make your voice heard on early childhood sustainability education
Jan 2007 - New Australian Labor Party shadow ministry
December 2006 - Internet safety during the summer holidays
December 2006 - New advocacy campaign for NSW children
December 2006 - Dreaming of a Green Christmas
December 2006 - Launch of new research into early learning
November 2006 - National campaign to prevent child abuse and neglect
November 2006 - Wanted: early childhood development exchange coordinator
November 2006 - Nationwide review of early childhood education services
November 2006 - Early childhood education a focus in world news
October 2006 - Government report on values education
October 2006 - New study on parental response to crying babies
September 2006 - Australian Youth Ambassadors for Early Childhood in the Asia Pacific
September 2006 - OECD report: Australia lowest in early childhood investment
August 2006 - ABC Learning expands further into the US market
August 2006 - Extra funding for Indigenous early childhood education
August 2006 - UNICEF's Cup for Kids – celebrating play
August 2006 - National Child Protection Week 2006
July 2006 - New study on bullying
July 2006 - Results of national survey into long day care
July 2006 - NEiTA teacher awards: Call for nominations
July 2006 - Early childhood news around the world
June 2006 - Explaining the WorkChoices industrial relations changes
July 2006 - Code of Ethics Agenda update
June 2006 - Young Media Australia seeks federal funding
March 2006 - New Government plan for compulsory preschool education
March 2006 - 'A cheaper, simpler solution to many social ills is staring us in the face'
March 2006 - ECA book catalogue out now! Latest titles; huge book sale!
March 2006 - Everyday Points to Learning - competition winners
March 2006 - National Awards for Quality Schooling: Winners announced
March 2006 - Policy consultations on child care and work and family
March 2006 - Awards for outstanding contribution to improving literacy and/or numeracy
March 2006 - NSW Quality Teaching Awards
Feb 2006 - Nobel-winning economist: Invest more in early childhood
Feb 2006 - Balancing work and family
Feb 2006 - Growing Up in Australia: The effects of child care on young children's development
Feb 2006 - Early Childhood Australia backs Government moves against childhood obesity
Feb 2006 - Safer Internet Day 2006
Jan 2006 - New Government Ministers announced
Jan 2006 - Pam Linke awarded Member of the Order of Australia
Jan 2006 - Child care in Australia needs an overhaul
Jan 2006 - Back pain in school-age children
Jan 2006 - Statistics show child abuse in Australia is getting worse
Jan 2006 - National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy
Jan 2006 - Movie reviews for carers of young children
Dec 2005 - Launch of Teaching Australia – national body for teachers
Dec 2005 - UN program for HIV/AIDS orphans
Dec 2005 - The case for investment in early childhood
Dec 2005 - News headlines: Early childhood issues in the media
Dec 2005 - Food labelling and advertising to young children
Dec 2005 - Child safety standards
Dec 2005 - Airline ‘child policy' arouses controversy
Nov 2005 - AMA Position Statement on Nutrition
Nov 2005 - Responses to the proposed industrial relations reforms – the impact on family and community
Nov 2005 - Early Childhood Australia's enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA)
Nov 2005 - Draft policy for early childhood mathematics
Nov 2005 - In the news
Nov 2005 - New website for the early childhood field
August 2005 - Child support review – one view
August 2005 - Comprehensive study of refugee mental health
June 2005 - Two babies die from SIDS every week in Australia
June 2005 - Young adults' driving behaviour influenced from infancy
June 2005 - 2005 national awards for quality schooling
May 2005 - A code of ethics for the early childhood profession: A literature review
April 2005 - Indigenous Australian child protection issues
April 2005 - Toxic breast milk in Australia
April 2005 - Inquiry into the Teaching of Reading - Submission from Early Childhood Australia
April 2005 - Early Childhood Australia Doctoral Thesis Award
March 2005 Response to DET Consultation Paper
Jan 2005 - Early Childhood Australia’s Code of Ethics Agenda
Jan 2005 Viewpoint: A statement of respect and commitment to Indigenous children and families
Jan 2005 - When there is a tragedy
Jan 2005 - The tsunami/earthquake disaster in southern Asia
Dec 2004 Children of Asylum Seekers
Dec 2004 Back to school information
Nov 2004 National Preschool Education Inquiry Report
Nov 2004 Children's Week Australia, 23-31 October
Oct 2004 Non-profit child care providers and access to charity tax concessions
Sep 2004 Parents asked not to expect antibiotics for children with a cold
Sep 2004 Seven priorities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families
Sep 2004 Child protection is Everyone’s Business
Aug 2004 National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day
Aug 2004 The best and worse places to be a mother
Jul 2004 Presidents speech at the launch of Essential Connections
Jul 2004 Concern over NSW Government decision to maintain current child:staff ratios
Jul 2004 Making your vote count for children
Jun 2004 Early Childhood Australia Conference 2005
Jun 2004 Play School: How should television for an audience of young children look?
Jun 2004 National Preschool Education Inquiry Report
May 2004 Budget 2004
May 2004 Under 8's Week
Apr 2004 Staff:Child ratios
Mar 2004 Celebrations of the world
Feb 2004 Child Care Workforce Think Tank
Jan 2004 Effect of School Culture on School Success
Jan 2004 Overview of Child Care Workforce Think Tank
Jan 2004 Early Childhood Australia collaborates with COTA National Seniors on grandparenting project
Nov 2003 Bullying. No way!
Nov 2003 Early Childhood Australia NSW Branch Issues Night
Nov 2003 Infectious Diseases It's catching!
Nov 2003 Finnish Education System
Nov 2003 Giving children the skills to bounce back
Nov 2003 South Australian Branch News
Oct 2003 Early Childhood Australia Annual Report 2002-2003
Oct 2003 Children's week is coming
Oct 2003 Would you like to be part of the Play School team?
Oct 2003 Economic arguments for public funding of early childhood development
Oct 2003 Protecting young children from the impact of family violence and child abuse
Sep 2003 ECA NT Branch Conference
Sep 2003 Never too late to invest in children - Corporate Investment in Early Childhood Education
Sep 2003 Control of Infection in Early Childhood Settings
Sep 2003 NCSF discussion of the National Agenda for Early Childhood
Sep 2003 Towards a National Agenda for Early Childhood - A Response from Early Childhood Australia
Sep 2003 NCSF discussion of AMEP
Sep 2003 National Children's Services Forum Update
Sep 2003 National Child Protection Week
Aug 2003 Deb Curtis and Margie Carter
Aug 2003 Children and Family Break-up
Aug 2003 Through the Eyes of a Child
Aug 2003 Extended School Hours - ECA Position
Aug 2003 Children in Immigration Detention
Jul 2003 Address to the National Childcare Accreditation Council
Jul 2003 Children and Family Break-up
Jul 2003 Universal access to affordable out of school hours care on school sites - Extended School Hours
Jun 2003 Call for immediate release of children from immigration detention
May 2003 ECA Submission to Broadband Funding Review
Apr 2003 Controlled Crying AAIMHI Position Paper
Apr 2003 Children and War
Apr 2003 Children and War Information Sheet
Mar 2003 Privately Owned vs. Community Owned Early Childhood Education
Feb 2003 Bushfires and their effect on children
Jan 2003 ECA presentation to National Child Care Accreditation Council environment
May 2002 - ECA applauds decision to establish Children's Commissioner
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Speeches
Thinking together about breaking down the silos in early childhood - May 2008
Meaningful consultation with children: Raising children's voices - July 2008
LHMU's Big Steps in Childcare campaign - June 2008
What matters in early childhood - October 2007
A charter for child care - August 2007
What needs to happen in child care?
The Children of the Sunrise
A systems approach to the delivery of children's services in this country - does it have anything to offer?
ACT Quality Child Care Awards
Confronting the realities – What next for the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System? Sep 2002
Parenting Home and Away Launch - November 2002
Launch of Essential Connections: A Guide to Young Children's Learning
Children in Detention
Presentation to Students University of Southern Queensland May 2001
Inaugural conference of the new Centre for Equity and Innovation in Education - November 2001
Conference opening speech July 2003
Cross Sector Conference
Building Bridges Launch November 2002
Early Childhood Australia Contribution NCAC Environmental Scan September 2002
President's Speech Tasmania Conference
Early Childhood Australia as a knowledge broker - Hobart, Biennial Conference 2003
Children in detention: An Australian issue - World Forum, Auckland 2002
Submissions
Young children are our future
Response to the Early Years Learning Framework
Media release: Early Childhood Australia responds to the ARACY Report Card on the Wellbeing of Young Australians
Review of National Declaration on Goals for Schooling - October 2008
Media release: Young children are budget winners
Media release: PM's 2020 vision puts children first
Media release: ABC Learning situation raises wider questions
Media release: Early Childhood Australia commends PM's decision to apologise
Media release: Early education and child care are winners in new Cabinet
Media release: Labor acknowledges need for greater early years investment
Media release: Coalition child care announcement disappointing
Media release: Labor Plan has potential to lift quality of child care in Australia
Media release: Increase in Child Care Tax Rebate will help all families
Put your hand up for children – 2007 Federal Election e-card
Early Childhood Australia letter to COAG
Integrated Child Care Quality Assurance: Draft Standards for Discussion
Inquiry into Balancing Work and Family
Child Care Inclusion and Support Program Consultation Feedback
Thinking about Service Delivery for Vulnerable Children and their Families
Submission to Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy
Towards a National Agenda for Early Childhood
Submission to AEU Inquiry into the provision of universal access to free high quality preschool
Early Childhood Australia - Response to the Broadband Funding Review
Inquiry into the Teaching of Reading
Catalogue
Australian Journal of Early Childhood
About AJEC
AJEC Index/Abstracts
AJEC - Volume 35 No. 1 March 2010
Editorial - March 2010
Tomboys and sissy girls: Exploring girls' power, agency and female relationships in childhood through the memories of women (free full-text available)
Kiss and tell: Gendered narratives and childhood sexuality
The tug of war: When queer and early childhood meet
Gay mothers and early childhood education: Standing tall
A review of gay and lesbian themed early childhood children’s literature
(Re)marking heteronormativity: Resisting practices in early childhood education contexts
AJEC - Volume 34 No. 4, December 2009
Editorial - December 2009
Insider perspectives on developing Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (free full-text available)
Early childhood teachers' misconceptions about mathematics education for young children in the United States (free full-text available)
Early childhood service delivery for families living with disability: Disabling families through problematic implicit ideology
The challenges of implementing primary arts education: What our teachers say
Early childhood safety education: An overview of safety curriculum in outer metropolitan, regional and rural NSW
Closing the gap: Myths and truths behind subitisation
Beyond developmentalism? Early childhood teachers' understandings of multiage grouping in early childhood education and care
AJEC - Volume 34 No. 3, September 2009
Editorial - September 2009
A pedagogy of care: Moving beyond the margins of managing work and minding babies (Free full-text available)
Parent and staff expectations for continuity of home practices in the child care setting for families with diverse cultural backgrounds (Free full-text available)
Centre-based child care quality in urban Australia
Picture books stimulate the learning of mathematics
Drawing stories: The power of children's drawings to communicate the lived experience of starting school
Safe play areas for prevention of young children drowning in farm dams
AJEC - Volume 34 No 2, June 2009
Editorial - June 2009
Learning with technology for pre-service early childhood teachers (Free full-text available)
Bottling the good stuff: Stories of hospitality and yarnin' in a multi-racial kindergarten (Free full-text available)
Early childhood teachers in contexts of power: Empowerment and a voice
Video interactions for teaching and learning (VITAL): Analysing videos online to learn to teach early childhood mathematics
The Australian Early Development Index, who does it measure: Piaget or Vygotsky's child?
Marry the prince or stay with the family - that is the question: A perspective of young Korean immigrant girls on Disney marriages in the United States
Changing schools: How policy implementation can impact on the literacy learning of mobile students
AJEC - Volume 34 No 1, March 2009
Editorial - March 2009
Australian Indigenous perspectives on quality assurance in children's services (free full-text available)
Neurobiology and child development: Challenging current interpretation and policy implications (free full-text available)
Improving the representation of Indigenous workers in the mainstream childcare workplace
Readiness for school: A relational construct
A pathway to enhancing professionalism: Building a bridge between TAFE and university early childhood qualifications
Developing an active play resource for a range of Australian early childhood settings: Formative findings and recommendations
Improving processual quality in early education and care: Process findings from the evaluation of the Benevolent Society's Partnerships in Early Education program
AJEC - Volume 33 No. 4, December 2008
Editorial - December 2008
The impact of early numeracy engagement on 4-year-old Indigenous students (Free full-text available)
Bridging the gap: Improving literacy outcomes for Indigenous students (Free full-text available)
Can norms developed in one country be applicable to children of another country?
The social attention skills of preschool children with an intellectual disability and children with a hearing loss
Is all-day kindergarten better for children's academic performance? Evidence from the early childhood longitudinal study
Measuring what students entering school know and can do: PIPS Australia 2006-2007
Learning a music instrument in early childhood: What can we learn from professional musicians' childhood memories?
AJEC - Volume 33 No. 3, September 2008
Editorial - September 2008
Teachers following children?: Heteronormative responses within a discourse of child-centredness and the emergent curriculum (free full-text available)
Women's reflections on choosing quality long day care in a regional community (free full-text available)
Contextual factors affecting inclusion during children's transitions from preschool to school
Enhancing environmental awareness through the arts
A collaborative approach to literacy: Inner-city preschool children, families, and the school community
The construction of early childhood teachers' professional identities, then and now
The Preparatory Year in a Queensland non-government school: Exploring parents' views
AJEC - Volume 33 No. 2, June 2008
Editorial - June 2008
Physical activity programs in long day care and family day care settings (free full-text available)
Outdoor play: Does avoiding the risks reduce the benefits? (free full-text available)
Word-play and musike: Young children learning literacies while communicating playfully
Partnerships in learning: Linking early childhood services, families and schools for optimal development
Parent cognitions and parent-infant interaction: The relationship with development in the first 12 months
Playgrounds of learning: Valuing competence and agency in birth to three-year-olds
Accessing the musical intelligence in early childhood education
Book review: 'Young bilingual learners at home and school' (free full-text available)
Book review: 'Young children's behaviour' (free full-text available)
AJEC - Volume 33 No. 1, March 2008
Editorial - March 2008
Meeting the goals of Te Whariki through music in the early childhood curriculum
Making the multicultural learning environment flourish: The importance of the child–teacher relationship in educating young children about diversity
Presence as a dimension of early childhood professional practice
Early childhood teachers coping with educational change
Encouraging the reflection process in undergraduate teachers using guided reflection
Computer use by preschool children: Rethinking practice as digital natives come to preschool (free full-text available)
Bullying affects us too: Parental responses to bullying at kindergarten
Concerts for young children
Indigenous child care—leading the way (free full-text available)
AJEC - The arts issue - Volume 32 No. 4, December 2007
Editorial - December 2007
The possum story: Reflections of an early childhood drama teacher (free full-text available)
Musical stories: Strategies for integrating literature and music for young children
Exposing young children to music through the production and presentation of music-appreciation television programs
The use of music CDs and DVDs in the home with the under-fives: What the parents say
Outdated relics on hallowed ground: Unearthing attitudes and beliefs about young children's art
Conceptions of art in Hong Kong preschool children
Young children's meaning-making through drawing and 'telling': Analogies to filmic textual features (free full-text available)
Children of refugee families as artists: Bridging the past, present and future
AJEC - Volume 32 No. 3, September 2007
Editorial - September 2007
Children's rights and early childhood education (free full-text available)
Indigenous Australians and preschool education
University-qualified Indigenous early childhood teachers (free full-text available)
Children's services, wages and WorkChoices
The health and wellbeing of adults working in early childhood education
From bogey mountains to funny houses
Home–school partnership within mathematics intervention
'I know how much this child has learned. I have proof!'
AJEC - Volume 32 No. 2, June 2007
Editorial - June 2007
The future is created by and within children
Study, work, rest and play: Juggling the priorities of students' lives
An investigation into the practices of a class of field-based student educators working in linguistically diverse early childhood centres
Documenting the early literacy and numeracy practices of home tutors in distance and isolated education in Australia (free full-text available)
The play of children with special needs in mainstream and special education settings
Internationalisation: Some implications for teaching early childhood research
Preparing children for school—benefits and privileges
Parent choice of early childhood education and care services (free full-text available)
AJEC - Volume 32 No. 1, March 2007
Editorial - March 2007
Beyond child care—how else could we do this? Sociocultural reflections on the structural and cultural arrangements of contemporary Western child care (free full-text available)
Voices from an enclave: Lesbian mothers' experiences of child care (free full-text available)
The forgotten children in Australian detention centres before 2005
Complexities and compromises: Understanding parents' experiences and choice of early childhood education and care services
When are beliefs just 'the tip of the iceberg'?
The role of meaningful dialogue in early childhood education leadership
Storytelling as a means of reflecting on the lived experience of making curriculum in teacher education
AJEC - Volume 31 No. 4, December 2006
Editorial - December 2006
The impact of age and gender on Prep children's academic achievements
The politics of technology in early childhood in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Fitting early childhood educators in the ICT grid
‘Boundary crossing': Negotiating understandings of early literacy and numeracy pathways
‘A day in the life': Exploring eating events involving two-year-old girls and their families in diverse communities
Empowering preservice teachers to embrace diversity (free full-text available)
Equity issues in practicum assessment
Affordability funding models for early childhood services (free full-text available)
AJEC - Volume 31 No. 3, September 2006
Editorial - September 2006
A preliminary study of teachers' perceptions of sex education in Hong Kong preschools
Parent perspectives on childcare quality among a culturally diverse sample (free full-text available)
What personal/social skills are important for young children commencing kindergarten? : Exploring teachers' and parents' insights
Repeated-viewing and co-viewing of an animated video: An examination of factors that impact on young children's comprehension of video content
Life chances: Including the children's view
Horizontal violence in early childhood education and care: Implications for leadership enactment (free full-text available)
The regulatory environment in long day care: A ‘double-edged sword' for early childhood professional practice
AJEC - Volume 31 No. 2, June 2006
Editorial - June 2006
Playgroups as protective environments for refugee children at risk of trauma (free full-text available)
Raising children in Chinese immigrant families: Evidence from the research literature
Measuring child engagement in inclusive early childhood settings: Implications for practice
Checklists to narratives in special education
Literacy in early childhood settings in New Zealand: An examination of teachers' beliefs and practices
Can drawing facilitate problem-solving? An exploratory study
The impact of regulatory environments on early childhood professional practice and job satisfaction: A review of conflicting discourses (free full-text available)
AJEC - Volume 31 No. 1 March 2006
Editorial - March 2006
From Whitlam to economic rationalism and beyond: A conceptual framework for political activism in children's services (free full-text available)
The implementation of Families First NSW: Process lessons from the first four years
Enhancing parent–child book reading in a disadvantaged community
The stories we share: Using narrative assessment to build communities of literacy participants in early childhood centres
The inclusion of children with a disability in child care: The influence of experience, training and attitudes of childcare staff (free full-text available)
Leadership concepts and theories: Reflections for practice for early childhood directors
Troubling teaching
Book review: ‘How to develop children's early literacy: A guide for professional carers and educators'
AJEC Volume 30 No.4 December 2005
Editorial - December 2005
Constraints and facilitators for physical activity in family day care (free full-text available)
Social inclusion—the next step: User friendly strategies to promote social interaction and acceptance between children with disabilities and their peers
Mathematics teaching and learning in the early years in Aotearoa/New Zealand
The reasoning behind the scene: Why do early childhood educators use computers in their classrooms?
A comparative study of early childhood fear and caregivers' responses to fear in Australia and Canada
A place for sound: Raising children's awareness of their sonic environment
Researching with/for whom? Stepping in and out of practitioner research (free full-text available)
AJEC - Transitions - Volume 30 No. 3 September 2005
Editorial - September 2005
Starting school—a Singapore story told by children (free full-text available)
Transitions: Third Culture Children
Transition problems and play as transitory activity
Transition to school for gifted children
What did you do in maths today?
Developing in a new language-speaking setting
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Romance or reality? : Examining burnout in early childhood teachers (free full-text available)
AJEC - Controversy, innovation and other alternatives - Volume 30 No. 2 June 2005
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Developmental fossils—unearthing the artefacts of early childhood education: The reification of ‘Child Development' (free full-text available)
The normalised child: A non-traditional psychological framework
Response to ‘The normalised child'
‘Queerying' gender: Heteronormativity in early childhood education (free full-text available)
What cortisol levels tell us about quality in childcare centres
Staff shortages in children's services: Challenging taken-for-granted discourses
The Communication Accretion Spiral: A communication process for promoting and sustaining meaningful partnerships between families and early childhood staff
AJEC Volume 30 No.1 March 2005
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Theorising in Progress - An ethical journey: Rights, relationships and reflexivity (free full-text available)
Primary Research - Gender, the labour market, the workplace and policy in children's services: Parent, staff and student attitudes (free full-text available)
Governance of children's everyday spaces
Teacher understandings of and commitment to gender equity in the early childhood setting
Mentoring preservice teachers in the preschool setting: Perceptions of the role
Half-days or full days of kindergarten? How and why parents decide
Teacher–parent partnerships: Sharing understandings and making changes
Children's and family services working together
Book review: Early childhood environmental education
AJEC Volume 29 No.4 December 2004
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Early childhood education programs for indigenous children in Canada, Australia and New Zealand (free full-text available)
Teachers who support Reggio—exploring their understandings of the philosophy
In whose interest? Voluntarism and child care, 1880-1980
Critical pedagogy: A useful framework for thinking about early childhood curriculum
Pedagogy in the nursery: Establishing practitioner partnerships in high-quality long day care programs
Music experiences for toddlers in day care centres
East Timor: Building on the early years
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Autism: The heart of the disorder? Sensory processing and social engagement—illustrations from autobiographical accounts and selected research findings
Strategies to reduce the bullying of young children with Asperger Syndrome
Adaptive education for students with special needs in the inclusive classroom
Early intervention for children with autism: Parental priorities
Evaluating the efficacy of parent-focused interventions for autism: How do we know what will work?
Change in behavioural symptoms in children with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome: Evidence for one disorder?
Book Reviews: A parent's guide to Asperger Syndrome (free full-text available)
AJEC Volume 29 No.2 June 2004
Transcript: ‘Can run, play on bikes, jump the zoom slide, and play on the swings': Exploring the value of outdoor play
The extramusical effects of music lessons on preschoolers (free full-text available)
The introduction of new technologies: New possibilities for early childhood pedagogy
Children's animated TV programs: A content analysis
Multiple ways of knowing and seeing: Reflections on the renewed vigour in early childhood research
Take-home numeracy kits for preschool children
Drawing: The social construction of knowledge
Excellence in television for young children—entertainment, engagement and empowerment
Book review: Young children's behaviour (free full-text available)
AJEC - Chronic illness - Volume 29 No.1 March 2004
Children, staff and parents: Building respectful relationships in New Zealand and Australian early childhood contexts The Australian context
Teacher communication across the preschool-school boundary
Independence and interdependence in early childhood services
Life after the shock! The impact on families of caring for young children with chronic illness
‘Everyone was really happy to see me!' The importance of friendships in the return to school of children with chronic illness
Maintaining the thread: Including young children with chronic illness in the primary classroom
Working mothers of children with chronic illness: Narratives of working and caring
Socio-cultural matrix of raising a child with food allergies: Experiences of a migrant mother
Slipping through the policy cracks: Children with chronic illness in early childhood settings
AJEC Volume 28 No.4 December 2003
Valuing Children
Early childhood teachers' knowledge of teaching children with disabilities
Sharing care and education: Parents' perspectives
An integrated approach to teaching social skills to preschoolers at risk
Assessment of the early childhood practicum: What can we learn from tertiary supervisors' silences?
Are we asking the right question when we ask ‘Is child care bad for children?'
Fundamental movement skills: Teachers' perspectives
Fundamental movement skills: Children's perspectives
How working parents cope with the care of sick young children
AJEC Volume 28 No 3 September 2003
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Roots and Branches: Comparing Child Care Policymaking in the US and Australia
Grandparents as regular child care providers: Unrecognised, under-valued and under-resourced
‘The tooth fairy comes, or is it just your Mum and Dad?': A child's construction of knowledge
SUPS workers' perspective of child care quality
Developing quality sociodramatic play in the classroom for young children with language delays
Parental perceptions of computer-based gaming technology: An evaluation of children's leisure pursuits in the computer age
Children talk about their early experiences at school
Indigenous parents' ratings of the importance of play, Indigenous games and language, and early childhood education
AJEC Volume 28 No 2 June 2003
The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there: What adopting a sociocultural perspective can help us see.
Sharing the lived experiences of children
Preschooler response to pre-recorded music in three different situations
Changing times: Changing challenges for early childhood leaders
One size doesn't fit all: Patterns of pre-primary teacher policy engagement
Transitioning children from early childhood education to school: Teacher beliefs and transition practices
Teacher and student teacher perspectives of school readiness
AJEC Volume 28 No 1 March 2003
From bad to worse?: Troubling development in preschool settings
Reflections on doing research with young children
Children's views and children's voices in starting school
Researching with children: Lessons in humility, reciprocity, and community
Research with children: A rich glimpse into the world of childhood
Eclipsing voice in research with young children
AJEC Volume 27 No 4 December 2002
Children's earliest memories: A narrative study
Full-day or half-day kindergarten? Kindergarten teachers' voices in the debate
Jane and Gemma go to school: Supporting young gifted Aboriginal students
Children´s concepts of teachers´ ways of relating to play
Emerging concepts in chance and data
Social skills training to reduce aggressive and withdrawn behaviours in child care centres
Early childhood numeracy: Building an understanding of part–whole relationships
AJEC Volume 27 No 3 September 2002
Student teacher knowledge: Knowing and understanding subject matter in the New Zealand context
Junior pay, senior responsibilities: The experiences of junior child care workers
Early childhood services: What can children tell us?
Inclusion in early childhood services: Ongoing challenges
The communicative competence of young children
Assessing young children's arithmetical strategies and knowledge: Providing learning opportunities for teachers
When food comes from home
AJEC - Innovations on preparing early childhood professionals - Volume 27 No 2 June 2002
Early childhood education: A public right and not a privilege
Nurturing the spirit to teach: Commitment, community and emergent curriculum
Preparing early childhood professionals to work with parents: The challenges of diversity and dissensus
Teaching as inquiry: Engaging preservice teachers with research
Educating early childhood professionals: A collaborative approach in the ACT
Bicultural development: Innovation in implementation of Te Whäriki
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Papua New Guinea elementary teacher education: Mixed mode teacher training for 16 000 village teachers
AJEC Volume 27 No 1 March 2002
Research evidence with political currency: Keeping early childhood education on the international agenda
Revisiting the challenge of staff recruitment and retention in children's services
Proving quality or improving quality: Who's minding the shop?
Revisiting adult work in early childhood settings: Shifting the frame
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If no one hears, if no one comes
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Belonging, Being and becoming at Mutitjulu
Every Child Magazine - Vol. 16 No. 1 2010
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I'm not a man, I'm a teacher
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Every Child Magazine - Vol. 15 No. 4 2009
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Every Child Magazine, Vol. 15 No 3. 2009
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Every Child Magazine, Vol. 15 No. 2 2009
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Respecting difference: An ethical duty
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Get up and grow
Every Child Magazine - Vol. 15 No. 1 2009
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Every Child Magazine - The ECA Conference Issue - Vol. 14 No. 4 2008
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'And so we look forward with enthusiasm and energy': 70 years of Early Childhood Australia
Why early childhood educators should use a curriculum - and one that works
Our role in early childhood leadership and advocacy
Digital natives come to preschool: Rethinking practice
Every Child magazine - Social and emotional development - Vol. 14 No. 3 2008
Building a quality early childhood sector
Taking big steps in child care
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Child care and family break-up
Stillness moments: A recipe to help alleviate stress
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Every Child magazine - Play and learning - Vol. 14 No. 2 2008
Editorial - Planning for change: New directions to assure quality
Quality care and education through neurobiological research
Work, children and sustainable futures
Seizures in young children
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Every Child magazine - Vol. 14 No. 1 2008
Editorial - Planning for quality early learning outcomes
Implementing the government's promises on early childhood
Blokes can do it as well
Going carbon neutral: Aldinga Community Children's Centre
'Girls can't be Batman!': Gender, Aboriginality and multiculturalism in early childhood education
Every Child magazine - Building collaborative communities - Vol. 13 No. 4 2007
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Moving beyond 'prac': Building communities of practice
Indigenous children and behaviour management strategies
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Ecological literacy: Noongar way
Every Child magazine - Thinking and problem-solving - Vol. 13 No. 3 2007
Editorial - Building thinking and problem-solving skills in early childhood
Following the lead of children
Self-esteem and health
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Filling the vacancies: When staff leave or take leave
Every Child magazine - Challenging practice and challenging practices - Vol. 13 No. 2 2007
Editorial - Wise vision, workable solutions and early childhood action
Doing it 'our way': Including children and families from different cultures
Early Childhood Australia's Code of Ethics: Challenging practices
Creating a community space
Carla Tongun, peace and humanitarian worker
Every Child magazine - Sustainability - Vol. 13 No. 1 2007
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emPower: Beyond compost and worm farms
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Heat illness and young children
Every Child magazine - Trauma, stress and emotional issues - Vol. 12 No. 4 2006
Editorial: Connecting children, families and learning
Managing stress through movement and relaxation
Spirituality with a broad brush
Don't forget about yourself: Developing a stress management plan
Misshapen head and the importance of tummy time
Every Child magazine - Inclusion and Support - Vol. 12 No. 3 2006
Editorial: Making inclusion educationally significant
Inclusion and support in the protection of our children's rights
Disability or diversity? Encouraging true inclusion
Including children with autism in early childhood settings
Picture book agenda: The role of gender
Every Child magazine - Healthy Children - Vol. 12 No. 2 2006
Editorial: Challenges ahead for universal preschool
Australia's greatest challenge
Gnome-tracking vs. the sceptics: Experiential education and the early childhood setting
Profile: Michelle Ortlipp
Catching a moment to move with young children
Obituary: Joan Fry, OBE 1920-2006
Every Child magazine - Parents-Partnerships - Vol. 12 No. 1 Summer 2006
Editorial: Rethinking early childhood services
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Grandparents' viewpoints on child care
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Every Child magazine - Literacy - Vol. 11 No. 4 Spring 2005
Editorial: Can standards and registration improve quality?
The Little Big Book Club: Spreading the word!
Leap into life: Celebrate the joy of childhood and the early years
Supporting families, supporting children: The Early Childhood Learning Resources Project
The Sustainable Planet Project: Creating cultural change at Campus Kindergarten
Every Child magazine Vol. 11 No. 3 Winter 2005
Welfare reform: What it means for sole parents and their children
Surviving the bully in early childhood – without the broomstick
Q & A - Interview with Neville Dwyer
Guest statement - Protecting children: The challenge for parents and early childhood professionals
The Blue Mountains Transition to School project: A community working together for its children
Every Child magazine - Creative arts - Vol. 11 No. 2 Autumn 2005
New evidence linking the arts and learning in early childhood
What if…? Art as language in early childhood
Out of the Box Queensland Performing Arts Centre's Festival of Early Childhood
The power of the story
Anti-fast food messages: Sharing ‘slow food' with children
Interview with Paula Melville-Clark
Every Child magazine Vol. 11 No. 1 Summer 2005
Responding to disaster (available free online)
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Coming out of the dark: Children of parents with a mental illness (available free online)
Q & A Interview with Joan Waters – an early childhood luminary (available free online)
What to pack - The principal of Cherbourg State School runs through the list of essentials for teachers when heading to an Indigenous community (available free online)
Every Child magazine Vol. 10 No. 4 Spring 2004
An early childhood review? (available free online)
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Maternal depression – does it matter to the kids? (available free online)
Every Child magazine - Diversity - Vol. 10 No. 3 Winter 2004
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Who is the boss of normal? Let's focus on what's important to children. A response to the recent ‘two mums' on Play School controversy (available free online)
Male primary teachers: The experience of crossing over into pink-collar work (available free online)
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Early years framework – a step forward for Australia's children (available free online)
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