Advocacy and early childhood educators: Identity and cultural conflicts
A discussion of how early childhood educators manage their conflicting roles as caregivers and advocates
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Conclusion: Identities and possibilities
A chapter encouraging early childhood professionals to challenge the dominant theories in the field of early childhood education and reconceptualize their roles within the classroom
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Cultural support workers and long day care services
An examination of potential impediments to the work of cultural support workers who provide cultural integration services to children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in day long child care services in Australia, based on interviews with a policy maker, a mother, and a cultural support worker, as well as document analysis
Reports & Papers
Departures from tradition: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia
An analysis of select aspects of Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia and commentary on departures from traditional approaches to free play, play-based learning, developmental-stage-based learning, intentional teaching, choice of measured outcomes, learning expectations, and equity
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Embracing identities in early childhood education: Diversity and possibilities
An anthology examining the reconceptualization of early childhood education; explored topics include gender and ethnic identity, working with non-traditional families, and issues of fairness in observational studies.
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Equity observation and images of fairness in childhood
A chapter encouraging early childhood educators to examine critically their attitudes regarding observations of fairness in the classroom
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From identity to identities: Increasing possibilities in early childhood education
A chapter promoting broader conceptualizations of early childhood education, and providing an overview of related topics to be discussed in subsequent chapters
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Implementing Te Whariki as postmodernist practice: A perspective from Aotearoa/New Zealand
A description of the impact of Te Whariki on early childhood professionals in New Zealand, with a focus on preparing biculturally competent teachers
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Interrupting stereotypes: Teaching and the education of young children
An examination of teaching theory in early childhood education from within an Australian context
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Parents’ choice of early childhood education services in Hong Kong: A pilot study about vouchers
An examination of parental choice of early childhood education services following the introduction of a voucher scheme in Hong Kong, based on data from interviews, focus groups, and document analysis with 86 Chinese parents with children 3 years old
Reports & Papers
Personal stories: Early childhood educators and reconceptualized identities
A collection of five stories written by early childhood educators with diverse theoretical orientations regarding their personal and professional identities
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Putting postmodern theories into practice in early childhood teacher education
A discussion of how postmodern perspectives supported an early childhood teacher in her multiple roles and responsibilities, including how her beliefs in reflexivity, hope, and transformative change have contributed to her work
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Regulating the early childhood field
Reports & Papers
Voices at the table: An analysis of collaboration in the policy process for a local preschool initiative
A description of the Early Childhood Collaborative (ECC), a committee established to plan for the delivery of universal preschool education for 4-year-olds in a Midwestern city in the United States
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