Beginning is easy, continuing is hard: Establishing an alternative format service in a multi-campus, nationally dispersed university.
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The document outlines a compilation of work focused on early childhood education from a sociocultural perspective, highlighting key chapters and contributors. It emphasizes the importance of understanding children and learning environments through personal, interpersonal, and cultural lenses. Additionally, it addresses the historical context and foundational aspects of early childhood education.
Beginning is easy, continuing is hard: Establishing an alternative format service in a multi-campus, nationally dispersed university.
- 1. Elizabeth Hayward – Senior Librarian – Library Disability Services Beginning is easy, continuing is hard. (Japanese saying).
- 10. Text: Fleer, M. et al. (2006). Early childhood learning communities: Sociocultural research in practice. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson. Copyright notice. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. Copyright Regulations 1969. WARNING. This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Australian Catholic University Ltd. pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Do not remove this notice. Prelims Part 1. Understanding children from a personal, interpersonal and cultural perspective. Chapter 1. A sociocultural perspective on early childhood education: Rethinking, reconceptualising Chapter 2. Images of children: 'A picture tells a thousand words'. Anne Kennedy. p.15. Part 2. Understanding the learning environment from a personal, interpersonal and cultural perspective. Chapter 7. Continuity in early education: Building sociocultural connections. Anne Kennedy. p.83. Chapter 8. Spaces that educate. Avis Ridgway and Marie Hammer. p.95. Part 3. Understanding the profession from a personal, interpersonal and cultural perspective. Chapter 13. The foundations of early childhood education: Historically situated practice. Suzy Edwards and Marie Hammer. p.193. Index. p.235.
Editor's Notes
- #2: For those of you who are puzzled by my slides, I have chosen images to use as metaphors for my experience of setting up an alternative format service.
- #3: Need to deliver resources w/in tight timeframes Variety of resources – readings & text books
- #4: After attending conf @ Latrobe felt I knew what was needed
- #7: How best to deliver rsources? Web page delivery most suited to our geographically dispersed client base
- #12: The future? Bradley report – potentially more students requiring alt formats Technology evolving – students may be able to become less dependent