A great challenge for early childhood educators today is how to cater for the needs of all
students and acknowledge and build on the rich cultural diversity present within any early …

In this chapter, we explore sites of ethnography, not physical sites of people studied but
intellectual sites that frame how ethnography is being undertaken in particular ways. The …

'… puts down a marker for the debate in this field. It gathers up work done over the last two
decades or so, in Australia, in the US and in the UK, and presents it in a generous …

The major shift going on today in the technologies of reading and writing raises important
questions about conventional conceptions of literacy and its role in education, society, and …

Why should inquiry-the engine for independent, curiosity-and interest-driven, life-long
learning-be a curricular imperative, and its presence a criterion for excellent education? Is it …

The history of the articles in this issue has two dimensions: the history of the articles
themselves, and the history of research on the relationship of language and education …

Elaine C. Collins and Judith L. Green North Adams State College University of California,
Santa Barbara he purpose of this paper is to explore factors that support and/or constrain …

ABSTRACTS Using semiotic analysis, the author investigated the production and use of
young children's symbol making on the computer in a kindergarten classroom. The following …

Teachers have been aware of the influence of home on school success for a long time.
However, in the last decade we have seen a significant increase in the interest of …

It is a commonplace to observe that while many of the practices associated with education in
the Western sense are now several centuries old, the particular significance attaching to …