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Walker, Sue; Brownlee, Jo Lunn; Scholes, Laura; Harris, Clare – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
Research shows that epistemic cognition can support reasoning about the inclusion of diverse children. We argue that, to engage in such reasoning, children need the capacity to consider and evaluate competing knowledge perspectives (epistemic cognition) and to be cognitively flexible. Cognitive flexibility involves a subset of skills within the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Executive Function, Schemata (Cognition), Barriers
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Adam, Helen; Barratt-Pugh, Caroline – Australian Educational Researcher, 2020
The importance of recognising, valuing and respecting a child's family, culture, language and values is increasingly articulated in educational policy. Diversity and inclusion are central themes of the guiding principles of early childhood education and care in Australia. Children's literature can be a powerful tool for extending children's…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Kindergarten
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Liljedahl, Peter, Ed.; Nicol, Cynthia, Ed.; Oesterie, Susan, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
The theme of the 38th meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 38) and the 36th meeting of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA 36) was "Mathematics Education at the Edge." Academically, the theme provides opportunities to highlight and examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Research