Australian Journal of Early Childhood

s and sample art cles ava lable onl ne www.earlychildhoodaustralia. org.au Vol. 31 no. 1 March 2006 Gr eshaber, S. , & Walsh, K. Ed tor al Sums on, J. From Wh tlam to econom c rat onal sm and beyond: 1-10 A conceptual framework for pol t cal act v sm n ch ldren’s serv ces F sher, K. , Thomson, C. , The mplementat on of Fam l es F rst NSW: 11-19 & valent ne, k. Process lessons from the first four years El as G. , Hay, I. , Enhanc ng parent–ch ld book read ng n a d sadvantaged commun ty 20-26 Homel, R. , & Fre berg, K. Hatherly, A. The stor es we share: Us ng narrat ve assessment to bu ld 27-34 commun t es of l teracy part c pants n early ch ldhood centres Mohay, H. , & Re d, E. The nclus on of ch ldren w th a d sab l ty n ch ld care: The nfluence of exper ence, tra n ng and att tudes of ch ldcare staff 35-42 Nupponen, H. Leadersh p concepts and theor es: Reflect ons for pract ce for early ch ldhood d rectors 43-50 Stephenson, A. Troubl ng teach ng 51-56 Arthur, L. Book rev ew: ‘How to develop ch ldren’s early l teracy: 57 A gu de for profess onal carers and educators’, Mak n & Wh tehead Vol. 31 no. 2 June 2006 McArdle, F. , & Black, A. Ed tor al Jackson, D. Playgroups as protect ve env ronments for refugee ch ldren at r sk of trauma 1-6 Guo, K. Ra s ng ch ldren n Ch nese mm grant fam l es: Ev dence from the research l terature 7-13 K sh da, Y. , & Kemp, C. Measur ng ch ld engagement n nclus ve early ch ldhood sett ngs: Impl cat ons for pract ce 14-19 W ll amson, D. , Cullen, J., Checkl sts to narrat ves n spec al educat on 20-30 & Lepper, C. McLachlan, C. , Carvalho, L. , L teracy n early ch ldhood sett ngs n New Zealand: 31-41 de Lautour, N. , & Kumar, K An exam nat on of teachers’ bel efs and pract ces Lambert, E. B. Can draw ng fac l tate problem solv ng? An exploratory study 42-48 Fenech, M. The mpact of regulatory env ronments on early ch ldhood profess onal pract ce 49-57 and job sat sfact on: A rev ew of confl ct ng d scourses Vol. 31 no. 3 september 2006 Bla se, M. Ed tor al: Contextual s ng early ch ldhood educat on La , Y. C. Prel m nary study of teachers’ percept ons of teach ng sex educat on n Hong Kong preschools 1-5 da S lva, L. , & W se, S. Parent perspect ves on ch ldcare qual ty among a culturally d verse sample 6-14 K ng, P., & Boardman, M. What personal/soc al sk lls are mportant for young ch ldren commenc ng k ndergarten? : 15-21 Explor ng teachers’ and parents’ ns ghts Skouter s, H. , & Kelly, L. Repeated-v ew ng and co-v ew ng of an an mated v deo: An exam nat on of factors that mpact on young ch ldren’s comprehens on of v deo content 22-30 Taylor, J. L fe chances: Includ ng the ch ldren’s v ew 31-39 Hard, L. Hor zontal v olence n early ch ldhood educat on and care: 40-48 Impl cat ons for leadersh p enactment Fenech, M. , Sums on, J., & The regulatory env ronment n long day care: 49-58 Goodfellow, J. A ‘double-edged sword’ for early ch ldhood profess onal pract ce Vol. 31 no. 4 December 2006 S ms, M. Ed tor al: Early ch ldhood educators: ‘Dr vers of soc al change’ Boardman, M. The mpact of age and gender on Prep ch ldren’s academ c ach evements 1-6 G bbons, A. N. The pol t cs of technology n early ch ldhood n Aotearoa/New Zealand: 7-14 F tt ng early ch ldhood educators n the ICT gr d Kennedy, A. , R dgway, A. , & ‘Boundary cross ng’: Negot at ng understand ngs of early l teracy and 15-22 Surman, L. numeracy pathways G llen, J., & Hancock, R. ‘ A day n the l fe’: Explor ng eat ng events nvolv ng two-year-old g rls and 23-29 the r fam l es n d verse commun t es Stamopoulos, E. Empower ng preserv ce teachers to embrace d vers ty 30-39 Ortl pp, M. Equ ty ssues n pract cum assessment 40-48 Purcal, C. , & F sher, K. Affordab l ty fund ng models for early ch ldhood serv ces 49-58