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McFarland, Laura; Laird, Shelby Gull – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2018
This study contributes to the understanding of early childhood educators' and parents' attitudes and practices in relation to outdoor risky play for children. This study included 26 early childhood educators and 112 parents in rural and metropolitan areas of Australia and the United States. Participants completed an online survey about their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leisure Time, Play, Risk
Lamb, Cherie S. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
This holistic cross-sectoral study explored barriers and enablers to access and participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for refugee families with three-to-five-year-old children living in Queensland, Australia. Constructivist grounded theory (CGT) methodology honoured the lived experience of participants through their…
Descriptors: Barriers, Access to Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Wong, Pui Ling – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Parents and educators strive to help their children to develop optimally. Given the diversity of values and practices among dynamic modern populations it is important to understand all the dimensions that affect the development of children in their communities. A cultural-historical lens facilitates such a holistic understanding. Taking this lens,…
Descriptors: Models, Child Development, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
De Gioia, Katey – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
With increasing numbers of families arriving in Australia for humanitarian reasons or through migration, childcare centres may often be the first point of contact with dominant cultural practices for these families. This period of transition into childcare can be a fraught with anxiety. This article reports on findings from a case study conducted…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Refugees, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Hawkins, Karen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
Drawing on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study that was undertaken in two Australian preschool settings this article examines strategies that support the pedagogy of teaching for social justice and outlines how these strategies raised critical consciousness of both preschoolers (aged three to five years) and early childhood educators to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Responsibility, Inclusion, Social Integration
Ebbeck, Marjory Anne; Dela Cerna, Carmencita H. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
Child care services in Australia, for example, are largely defined and shaped by the historically dominant Anglo-Australian discourse and norms. The aim of this research was to examine critically and to find meaning in the experiences of recently arrived Sudanese families as they began to settle into their new cultural environment. The cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Research Methodology, Cultural Context
Nuttall, Joce; Ortlipp, Michelle – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
The practicum is an integral component of teacher education courses, but culturally and linguistically diverse pre-service teachers can face particular struggles in meeting assessment requirements on the practicum in early childhood settings. This paper reports from a small, exploratory study of early childhood practicum handbooks from four…
Descriptors: Practicums, Early Childhood Education, Student Teacher Evaluation, Preservice Teachers