THE VIEW THAT CHILDREN should have a say in and participate in the decision making of
matters that affect them is now an accepted position when considering research and policy …

Play as a learning practice increasingly is under challenge as a valued component of early
childhood education. Views held in parallel include confirmation of the place of play in early …

Linguistic competence, communicative competence, and interactional competence have
had a profound impact on second language teaching, learning, and testing. Although a …

Recent research indicates that teachers have the predominant role in organising early
childhood classrooms in Australia. Not much is known about the involvement of children in …

Inclusive learning environments, in which children on the autism spectrum (AS) are
educated alongside with neurotypical children, are being implemented by governments …

MUCH OF WHAT IS WRITTEN about digital technologies in preschool contexts focuses on
young children's acquisition of skills rather than their meaning-making during use of …

Participatory, rights-based methodologies in childhood studies have explored conditions
that realise children's rights to participation. One avenue of investigation has been to explore …

STARTING SCHOOL IS A critical and potentially stressful time for many young children, and
having supportive relationships with parents, teachers and peers and friends offer better …

The past two decades have seen an ongoing shift or reconceptualization in early childhood
research, with the focus on listening to children's voices in research in order to understand …

In preschool settings, children challenge the adult-initiated rules in many ways during their
play activities with peers. This ethnographic study with children aged 3–5 years was built on …