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Breathnach, Helen; Danby, Susan; O'Gorman, Lyndal – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2017
Play is valued conceptually and pedagogically, although its place in early years settings is under increasing pressure. Framed by the sociology of childhood and understandings of children's agency, this article reports on an ethnographic study with children aged five years in the first year of primary school in Australia. The study investigated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Primary Education
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Brooker, Liz – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2003
This paper discusses one aspect of the findings from an ethnographic study of the ways in which four-year-old children learn, and are taught, at home and in their Reception class. The children were from two distinctive cultural backgrounds within the same urban neighbourhood: one-half belonged to UK ("Anglo") families, and one-half to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Ethnography, Educational Experience