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Porter, Joanne E.; Dabkowski, Elissa; Prokopiv, Val; Missen, Karen; Barbagallo, Michael; James, Michelle – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
This review explored the impact of physical literacy programs designed to engage two- to five-year-old preschool children. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) was used. Six EBSCO host databases were searched for the period 2011 to April 2021 using the search terms "physical literacy,"…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Physical Education, Multiple Literacies, Literature Reviews
Gide, Sene; Wong, Sandie; Press, Frances; Davis, Belinda – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
This paper reviews current literature and research relevant to the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Early Childhood Education (ECE) workforce in Australia, including data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Australia is a highly multicultural society, with one out of every three people born overseas. Anecdotally, the…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Social Integration, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Speldewinde, Christopher; Kilderry, Anna; Campbell, Coral – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
Bush kindergarten programmes (known as bush kinders), where preschool children learn in, about and with nature, are proliferating in Australian early childhood education. This scoping review reports on, and analyses, the research literature pertaining to how ethnography has been applied to the bush kinder context. We included studies conducted in…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Outdoor Education, Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education
King, Tania L.; Scovelle, Anna J.; Meehl, Anneke; Milner, Allison J.; Priest, Naomi – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
This review aimed to synthesise studies examining the presence of gender stereotypes and biases expressed by young children aged 3-5 years, with a focus on informing early childhood settings. Our review located only 21 separate studies in 16 articles, highlighting a dearth of research in this area. There was substantial heterogeneity in the…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Gender Bias, Early Childhood Education, Literature Reviews
Morrissey, Anne-Marie; Moore, Deborah – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
This conceptual model paper uses systems theory to explain how key elements in the Australian policy and regulatory context lead to three issues of concern in childcare centre physical environments: siting of centres on busy roads; lack of outdoor space; and, emergency evacuation in high-rise buildings. Drawing on evidence from prior studies and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Educational Policy, Physical Environment
McLean, Karen; Edwards, Susan; Mantilla, Ana – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Community playgroups, which are one type of playgroup and early childhood service, operate on a weekly basis under the leadership of volunteer caregivers (including parents, kinship members, family-day carers and other adults in children's lives). Caregivers and children voluntarily attend and participate in community playgroups. Although…
Descriptors: Play, Group Activities, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Liang, Xinyun; Cohrssen, Caroline – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
With Australia's overwhelming 'Yes' vote on marriage equality in November 2017, the need for early childhood educators to ensure that understandings of 'family' reflected in early childhood education and care settings include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) parents and their children, is further reinforced. Here, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Inclusion, LGBTQ People
Ayling, Natasha J.; Walsh, Kerryann; Williams, Kate E. – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect is a complex yet essential responsibility tasked to many professional groups working with children, including the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce. This paper provides a narrative review synthesising the empirical literature on factors influencing ECEC educators' reporting of child…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Disclosure, Child Abuse
Skouteris, Helen; Watson, Brittany; Lum, Jarrad – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
To our knowledge, no previous literature review has focused specifically on the effectiveness of transition programs that target collaboration between primary school and pre-school teachers, parents and children. Hence, in this paper we sought to review the literature on this topic. The findings of published studies to date reveal that,…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Elementary Schools, Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Davis, Elspeth; Eivers, Areana; Thorpe, Karen – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
Evidence concerning the impact of child care on child development suggests that higher-quality environments, particularly those that are more responsive, predict more favourable social and behavioural outcomes. However, the extent of this effect is not as great as might be expected. Impacts on child outcomes are, at best, modest. One recent…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Evidence, Caregivers
Bohanna, India; Davis, Elise; Corr, Lara; Priest, Naomi; Tan, Huong – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
Family Day Care (FDC) is a distinctive form of child care chosen by many Australian families. However, there appears to be little empirical research on FDC conducted in Australia. The aim of this study was to systematically review the recent published literature on FDC research in Australia, assess its quality, and identify pertinent topics for…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Well Being, Child Care, Foreign Countries
Hunt, Robyn; Walsh, Kerryann – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
This paper presents the results of a systematic review of literature on the topic of parents' views about child sexual abuse prevention education. It describes: i) what parents know about child sexual abuse prevention education; ii) what child sexual abuse prevention messages parents provide to their children and what topics they discuss; iii)…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Prevention, Foreign Countries