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• Enhancing executive function through imaginary play: A promising new practice principle.

  Authors:Sue Walker, Marilyn Fleer, Nikolai Veresov, and Iris DuhnFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 45, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20205,820 words Article 1350LThis paper presents the findings of a study conducted with preschool teachers mailing an intervention in which executive function activities are embedded in teachers' daily practices and imaginary play is used to build...

• A review of community playgroup participation.

  Authors:Karen McLean, Susan Edwards, and Ana MantillaFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 45, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20205,943 words Report 1350LCommunity playgroups, which are one type of playgroup and early childhood service, operate on a weekly basis under the leadership of volunteer caregivers (including parents, kinship members, family-day carers and other...

• Using metaphor to illuminate quality in early childhood education.

  Authors:Marianne Fenech, Linda J. Harrison, Fran Press, and Jennifer SumsionFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 45, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20206,268 words Article 1400LThis paper reports on a study in which educators from four early childhood centres used metaphor to discuss their provision of high-quality early childhood education. Qualitative mining of focus group data confirmed...

• An investigation into the early literacy skills of English second language learners in South Africa.

  Authors:Aileen Manten, Mia le Roux, Salome Geertsema, and Marien GrahamFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 45, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20205,329 words Article 1440LThis study employs the Comprehensive Emergent Literacy Model (CELM) theoretical framework, as it refers to the impact of context on learning early literacy skills. It is relevant to this study as the participants were...

• Examining early childhood teachers' attitudes and responses to superhero play.

  Authors:Megan Wiwatowski, Jane Page, and Sarah YoungFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 45, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20206,530 words Article 1400LResearch highlights that early childhood teachers (ECTs) hold varied opinions on the value of superhero play (SP) to young children's learning and development. This study sought to investigate how ECTs in Victoria are...

• Straddling the divide: Early years preservice teachers' experiences working within dual policy contexts.

  Authors:Linda Mahony, Leigh Disney, Sara Griffiths, Helen Hazard, and Georgie NuttonFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 45, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20206,248 words Article 1390LThis study explored the lived experiences of 20 Australian early childhood preservice teachers while on practical experience placement and examined the factors that informed their pedagogical experiences when working...

• Editorial.

  Author:Lennie BarblettFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 45, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20201,461 words Editorial 1380LI am winging my way back from Sydney on the east coast of Australia to my home in Perth. Western Australia. If you know our continent then you know this is a long way--if you don't then it is a four and half hour flight,...

• An investigation of young children's science and aesthetic learning through a science aesthetic thematic curriculum: A mixed-methods study.

  Author:Yu-Ting ChenFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 45, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20206,234 words Report 1280LAesthetic education can be integrated into students' everyday lives and into different learning areas. Its integration into science education is also valued in schools. Using mixed methods, this study investigated young...