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Alcock, Sophie – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
This paper draws on research exploring young children's playful and humorous communication. It explores how playful activity mediates and connects children in complex activity systems where imagination, cognition, and consciousness become distributed across individuals. Children's playfulness is mediated and distributed via artefacts (tools, signs…
Descriptors: Imagination, Play, Young Children, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Kelly, Meredith – Early Childhood Folio, 2016
This article has arisen from a study involving teachers in an early childhood centre and their responses to being introduced to schema learning theory. As a former practitioner in early childhood education and in my current role in initial teacher education, I have an interest in cognitive constructivist learning theories from both developmental…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Theories, Teaching Methods, Schemata (Cognition)
Stratigos, Tina; Bradley, Ben; Sumsion, Jennifer – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
Belonging has long been conceptualised as a fundamental human need, essential for the good health of individuals and communities. In relation to young children, belonging may be linked to their developing sense of identity, as well as the way they perceive and respond to others. Belonging is emerging as an important aspect of contemporary early…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Hedges, Helen; Cullen, Joy; Jordan, Barbara – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2011
Children's interests are frequently cited as a source of early-years curricula. Yet, research has rarely considered the nature of these interests beyond the play-based environment of early-childhood education. This paper reports findings from a qualitative, interpretivist study in two early childhood settings in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Childhood Interests, Curriculum Development
Robinson, Stephen – Kairaranga, 2006
This article is based on the author's personal experience of an uncomfortable discussion with a family. Issues are explored around the difficulty in anticipating how a young child with a learning delay will respond to speech-language therapy and how the practitioner will give accurate information. Two key journal articles on giving bad news are…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Speech Language Pathology, Interpersonal Communication, Parent School Relationship