Vol. 7 No. 1 (2013): Early Childhood Education: Successes and Challenges

The importance of play, and learning that is grounded in contextually and culturally relevant pedagogies that embrace difference, are highlighted in this issue.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v7i1

Published: 2013-01-15

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Statement of Purpose

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Editorial

Lynn Butler-Kisber

7-13
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Review Board

6
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Commentaries

Commentary: Culturally Responsive Instruction: Listening to Children

Beverly Kutsunai, Kathryn Au

15-21
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Commentary: Déjà Vu All Over Again: What’s Wrong With Hart & Risley and a "Linguistic Deficit" Framework in Early Childhood Education?

Sarah Michaels

23-41
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Commentary: Getting Back on Track: The Importance of Play and Storytelling in Young Children’s Development

Vivian Gussin Paley

43-49
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Commentary: Connecting With Children—Something That Cannot Be Taught

Tim Peters

51-59
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- Tim Peters Interview

Articles

Gay and Lesbian Families in the Early Childhood Classroom: Evaluation of an Online Professional Development Course

Megan Beren

61-79
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Despite the Odds: Factors Related to the Academic Success of First Grade Students From At-Risk Backgrounds

Rachel Bode, Ryan Gallagher, Elizabeth Vang, Aydin Yücesan Durgunoğlu

81-93
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Bilingualism in the Early Years: What the Science Says

Krista Byers-Heinlein, Casey Lew-Williams

95-112
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The Brilliance of Children

Pat Cordeiro, Leslie Sevey

113-128
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Listening to Children’s Voices: Reflections on Researching With Children in Multilingual Montreal

Alison Crump, Heather Phipps

129-148
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Developing Multi-Agency Partnerships for Early Learning: Seven Keys to Success

Susan E. Elliott-Johns, Ron Wideman, Glenda L. Black, Maria Cantalini-Williams, Jenny Guibert

149-169
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"School Readiness": The Struggle for Complexity

Katherine Evans

171-186
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Wondering With Children: The Importance of Observation in Early Education

George Forman, Ellen Hall

187-202
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How We Learn Together: Young Children (and Their Mums) Using Animal Metaphors and Imagery to Understand and Manage Learning

Helen Jelfs

203-217
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The Canadian Forest School Movement

Zabe MacEachren

219-233
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Learning From the Past to Inform Our Present: A Survey of the Evolution of Childhood and the Kindergarten

Lauren McCann

235-247
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Creating an Early Childhood Nature-Based Play Space—A Success Story

Elizabeth Munroe

249-267
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A Look at Grade 2 Writing: Successes and Challenges in Early Literacy Development

Hetty Roessingh

269-281
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Portraits of Home: Working in Community Daycare Homes in New Brunswick

Tara-Lynn Scheffel

283-299
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Learning to Attend to Children’s Familial Curriculum-Making Worlds

Cindy Swanson

301-317
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Regulating Early Childhood Mathematical Provision: An Exploration Across the Sectors

Margaret Walshaw

319-335
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