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Grace, Rebekah; Bowes, Jennifer; Elcombe, Emma – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
To support national policy initiatives in early childhood education and to determine reasons for low enrolment in services from families in disadvantaged areas, the authors investigated the views and practices of 101 families from disadvantaged communities. Families with a child aged 3-5 years were recruited from urban, rural and remote areas of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Enrollment Trends, Economically Disadvantaged
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Diamond, Alexandra; Bowes, Jennifer; Robertson, Greg – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
Injury prevention at home is an important concern for parents of toddlers. This study investigated safety-related intervention strategies of 40 middle-class Australian mothers, and their relationship with three child characteristics: gender, temperament and language comprehension. In an interview at home, mothers reported frequency of use of 15…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Personality, Intervention, Comprehension