This article looks at examples of young children acting as citizens and aims to illuminate
these by utilising Biesta's exposition of subjectification and socialisation conceptions of …

The concept of 'readiness for school'is attractive to policy-makers, but many academics,
researchers and practitioners argue that an early start to formal learning may be misguided …

This manuscript reports the results of a research study exploring the ways in which physical
space and teacher pedagogy are related to preschoolers' engagement with science and …

Risk-taking in early childhood play is often associated with taking physical risks in outdoor
settings. In this study, we explore the notion of “small risks” as a way to examine the how …

Although outdoor play has been widely recognised for the many benefits it affords children,
some have rationalised the need for it based on goals related to physical health. More …

Fokus i Benedicte Bernstorffs afhandling og genstanden for hendes ph. d.-projekts
undersøgelse er det liv, som børn lever i dagens danske daginstitutioner. Når man–og …

Categorisation is the process by which items, behaviours and events are compartmentalised
according to their defining attributes or properties. This may be based on simple perceptual …

Existing research has suggested that multilingualism is an asset in many regards (eg,
cognitively, socially, culturally), yet many US schools have created linguistically exclusive …

The purpose of this study was to examine the similarities and differences in American and
Taiwanese children's perspectives of tidy-up time. The participants consisted of 25 American …

From a child-centered perspective, this article explores the practices of children's self-
organized play-communities in institutional everyday life in Danish early childhood …