In light of recent standards-based and testing movements, the issue of play in childhood has
taken on increased meaning for educational professionals and social scientists. This second …

DISCIPLINE AND LEARN discipline, v.[aF discipliner (12th c. in Hatz.–Darm.) or med. L.
disciplinare, f. L. disciplina DISCIPLINE sb.] a. trans. To subject to discipline; in earlier use …

This book presents a framework and model for the development of policy and practice in the
care, education, and support of young people. It aims to help professionals implement …

The role of literacy during the pre-school years is argued from evidence found in the
international research literature and provides the starting point for exploring the beliefs and …

In one Australian state, a concerted effort has been made to impact the literacy achievement
of students during the early years of schooling, especially those students attending primary …

Sociologies of the body tend to focus on disciplinary power in generally negative terms, with
embodiment conceived as an unconscious and subjectifying process. The agentic potential …

A recent study of literacy practices in Australian early childhood classrooms (Makin et al.,
1999; Raban & Ure, 2000) suggests that current definitions of literacy in early childhood …

This paper reports on a case study, which investigated the metalinguistic knowledge of
beginning writers. The study of eight children in their second year of school provides …

This paper is based on the findings of two research teams, working collaboratively, between
1998 and 2000 in four countries: Australia, Singapore, France and England (see David et al …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the reading comprehension skills of six-year-old
children during their into primary school in terms of various factors. The study is a descriptive …