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Monthly Archives: November 2011
The importance of early reading
“Early reading acquisition makes a significant contribution to lifelong reading engagement; it increases vocabulary size, academic success, and world knowledge (Stanovich & Cunningham 1993, 1997; Stanovich et al. 1995). Therefore, parents and teachers alike have a special interest in fostering successful reading experiences … Continue reading
Family literacy programs help
“Studies suggest that family literacy programs involving parents can result in positive effects on children’s language and literacy development.” (223) Listing numerous such studies, Doyle and Zhang do, however, note that “Recruitment and retention of families, especially those families identified as at risk, … Continue reading
It is normal for children to explore gender
“It is not unusual or ‘abnormal’ for children to explore different performances of gender that are not perceived to be associated with their sex. Children are adept at linking adults’ regulation of their gender with the possibility that they have to hide behaviours that … Continue reading
Friendships are sites for the creation of identity
“Aapola, Gonick and Harris (2005, p. 110) suggest that girls ‘create a multitude of different types of friendships, alternating between various kinds of social ties’. Friendships are sites for the creation of identity and for experimenting with different forms of femininity. Aapola et al. also … Continue reading
Posted in Gendering, Images of Parent Child and Expert
Tagged femininity, friendship between girls
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Tomboyism
“Research indicates that tomboyism is not a homogeneous subject position, but rather can be a fluid category (Paechter & Clark, 2007; Renold, in press).” (pp25-26) “Our research on tomboys is located in the performance of tomboyism as a discursive socio-cultural manifestation of gender and … Continue reading
There is nothing “essential” about girlhood
“Children (and adults) most often view gender within a binary system. That is, femininity and masculinity are rigidly aligned with female and male bodies respectively (Davies, 2008a, 2008b). However, experiences of gender in early childhood can demonstrate the complexity, precariousness, contradiction and fluidity of gender … Continue reading
Posted in early years education, Gendering, Images of Parent Child and Expert
Tagged gender
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What you won’t hear at school!!!
“Most children begin to read long before they encounter formal reading instruction.” (Saracho & Spodek (2006), p708) “Most young children are provided with rich literacy experiences that directly generate their literacy skills. They gain a body of reading knowledge and … Continue reading
Posted in Understanding Education
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The narrow sensory range of computer-based learning
“The narrow sensory range of computer-based learning should be a concern, especially in terms of its cumulative, long-term effects. Far from opening up a world of learning, as is often claimed, computers tend to restrict the arena in which children’s … Continue reading
Emotional contact is important
“Emotional contact plays a critical role in human learning. Strong emotional experiences – a kind word or an enthusiastic response from a teacher or parent – strengthen the memory of what is being learned. As a recent article in Educational … Continue reading
An excuse to use expensive toys
“In the absence of any precise educational goals, computerizing classrooms is merely an excuse to use expensive new toys.”[1] [1] P18 Alison Armstrong and Charles Casement (c2000) The Child and the Machine; how computers put our children’s education at risk. … Continue reading
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