This article shares a story about an 'activist'early childhood teacher encountering the Early
Years Learning Framework (EYLF). Specifically, it focuses on the overarching concepts of …

Notions of childhood have been debated through time and place. This paper works from the
understanding of childhood as an adult imposed, socially constructed and culturally …

Since the 1990s, childhood researchers have become increasingly creative in their efforts to
understand children's experiences in as authentic a way as possible. This article draws on a …

CHILDREN ARE FIRST-HAND WITNESSES of their childhood and experiences of learning.
However, their perspectives are seldom sought by educators, who traditionally hold views of …

This article focuses on human development in the early years, and the challenges for
teachers and researchers in seeking to explore young children's perspectives. The current …

I had assumed that my experience as a qualitative researcher accustomed to interviewing
adults, and formerly as a teacher of young children, would be an adequate enough basis for …

An exploration of schooling practices over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries reveals a
number of 'fixed characteristics.'These continue to have a principle role in the organisation of …

Providing spaces for children's culture becomes an issue when it conflicts with or threatens
to reverse the notion of 'legitimate'culture. Here, legitimate culture refers to the dominant …

I feel angry when my brother is hurting me and he, and I'm tired and I'm having a sleep and
Jason just says 'Matthew, Matthew, look at this'. My face gets angry.[Makes face and …

This article focuses on human development in the early years, and the challenges for
teachers and researchers in seeking to explore young children's perspectives. The current …