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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Davidson, Christina; Given, Lisa M.; Danby, Susan; Thorpe, Karen – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
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 technologies. In this paper, we consider how the viewing of a YouTube video was used by a teacher and children to produce shared understandings about it. Conversation…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Preschool Education
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Danby, Susan; Thompson, Catherine; Theobald, Maryanne; Thorpe, Karen – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
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 outcomes for school adjustment and social relationships. This paper explores matters of friendship when young children are starting school, and how they initiate…
Descriptors: Young Children, Friendship, Student Adjustment, Peer Relationship
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Theobald, Maryanne; Danby, Susan; Ailwood, Jo – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
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 in the early years. This paper reviews the field of child participation in the Australian context to show that, despite growing evidence of support within policy and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries