15 research outputs found
Quality Early Childhood Education for my Child or for all Children? Parents as Activists for Equitable, High-Quality Early Childhood Education in Australia
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The Shaping of Australian Early Childhood Education and Care: What can we learn from a Critical Juncture?
No full textChanging Policy, Changing Culture: Steps Toward Early Learning Quality Improvement in Australia
No full textPromoting Early Childhood Teacher Professionalism in the Australian Context: The Place of Resistance
No full textEarly Childhood Teachers and Regulation: Complicating Power Relations Using a Foucauldian Lens
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Adult language input in the early childhood educational setting
No full textAge-related changes in the adult language addressed to children aged 2;0-4;0 years in polyadic conditions were investigated in Australian childcare centres. The language that 21 staff members addressed to these children was coded for multiple variables in the broad social categories of prosody, context, speech act and gesture. The linguistic components were coded within the categories of phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax and referential deixis. Minimal age-related differences were found. Explanations for the similarity of the adult language input across the age groups within the early childhood educational environment, will be discusse
