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Molloy, Carly S.; Guo, Shuaijun; Goldfeld, Sharon – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected children's care and education worldwide. This article reports on patterns of participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) across Australia as influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and national policies. Using ECEC data from Xplor -- a software platform used across Australian childcare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Hsin, Ching-Ting; Wu, Hsin-Kai; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Luu, Di Tam – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
Past studies have shown that kindergarten teachers find it challenging to integrate science into their instruction, but little is understood about factors that influence their science teaching in Indigenous areas. Our study aimed to investigate the associations between kindergarten teachers' experiences, attitudes, self-efficacy, outcome…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods, Indigenous Populations
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Rachmani, Rachel – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Phonological awareness (PA) and alphabet knowledge (AK) are two of the strongest predictors of reading acquisition, and evidence shows that many New Zealand children are entering school with low levels of emergent literacy (EL) skills. The current research showed that four-year-old children identified as having low levels of EL, who participated…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Alphabets, Knowledge Level, Intervention
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Luo, Renfu; Zhang, Linxiu; Liu, Chengfang; Zhao, Qiran; Shi, Yaojiang; Rozelle, Scott; Sharbono, Brian – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
The main goal of this paper is to analyse factors (accessibility, attendance rates and quality of preschools) that may be affecting the educational readiness of China's rural children before they enter the formal school system. Using data from a survey of 82 preschools and 492 households in six counties in three provinces of China, this paper…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Counties
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Barblett, Lennie; Barratt-Pugh, Caroline; Kilgallon, Pam; Maloney, Carmel – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
Transition practices that ensure continuity between early childhood settings have been shown to be important in assisting children's short-term and long-term growth and development (Vogler, Cravello & Woodhead, 2008). In Western Australia many young children move from and between long day care (LDC) settings to kindergarten. In that state,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Principals
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Imtoual, Alia; Kameniar, Barbara; Bradley, Debra – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
Developing successful schooling sites in multiracial regional town contexts can often be quite challenging. This paper examines the work done in one such pre-schooling context in a medium-sized regional town where racial and ethnic tensions are high and where many families struggle with social/emotional/economic challenges. This pre-school setting…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Diversity, Ethnic Diversity, Preschool Children