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Developing a Drama Pedagogy for Toddler Education
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Quinones, Gloria; Ridgway, Avis; Li, Liang – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2019
This article examines how an educator develops a drama pedagogy through the course of her dramatic interactions with three toddlers. A cultural-historical approach was used to explore the concepts of dramatic interactions and dimensions of drama pedagogy. Visual research methodology involved video observations and a reflective interview with the…
Descriptors: Drama, Teaching Methods, Toddlers, Video Technology
Making Learning Visible--Parents' Perceptions of Children's Learning Outdoors
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Rouse, Elizabeth – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Parents as partners in their children's learning is predicated by a notion of a mutual understanding of the learning as shared by educators. Documenting learning in early childhood education and care (ECE & C) settings has evolved from more traditional developmental approaches to include photographs, artefacts and social stories to make…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Outdoor Education, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education
Transitory Moments in Infant/Toddler Play: Agentic Imagination
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Ridgway, Avis; Li, Liang; Quiñones, Gloria – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2016
Studying relationships in infant/toddler play, using visual narrative methodology to identify transitory moments, supports our current research on babies and toddlers. We use Vygotsky's theorisation of play to understand children's affective and intellectual aspirations in play. The theoretical discussion, using cultural-historical concepts,…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Play, Imagination, Case Studies
Supporting Caregivers in Developing Responsive Communication Partnerships with Their Children: Extending a Caregiver-Led Interactive Language Program
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Cologon, Kathy; Wicks, Lilly; Salvador, Aliza – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
This study investigates whether extension of a caregiver-led interactive language program may enhance its effectiveness in supporting communication. Caregiver-led language programs, which focus on establishing responsive interaction patterns to support opportunities for communication between caregivers and young children within natural settings,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Disabilities
Stay and Play or Play and Chat; Comparing Roles and Purposes in Case Studies of English and Australian Supported Playgroups
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Needham, Martin; Jackson, Dianne – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
There are an increasing number of international sociocultural studies exploring how variances of practice and environment impact upon childhoods. This article is intended to inform the process of selecting settings for comparative study by reflecting on two separate studies of groups which initially appear to be examples of similar services…
Descriptors: Play, Groups, Toddlers, Parent Attitudes
Life Is Good for Babies: The Pedagogical and Management Decisions Enabling a Teacher to Be Employed in a Rural Infant-Toddler Program
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Ireland, Lynda – Education in Rural Australia, 2007
The Children's Services Regulation 2004 (NSW) makes it possible for children aged between birth and two years to be without a university qualified teacher in a centre-based long day care service. However, research demonstrates important links between caregivers' formal training and the quality of early childhood education. This case study, about a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Caregivers, Toddlers, Infants