Vision into Practice
CECDE International Conference 2007

Conference Proceedings

• Keynote Addresses
• Professionalism in Practice
• Listening to Children
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Creating Learning Environments
• "It takes a village..." - Partnership, Parents and Communities
• Innovation in Policy and Investment in Early Childhood Education
• Notes on Contributors

• New Policy Conclusions from Starting Strong II: An Update on the OECD Early Childhood Policy Reviews
  John Bennett, OECD
  
  
• The ECEC Curriculum Guidelines and its Implementation in Finland
  Paivi Lindberg, Stakes, Finland
  
  
• The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Intensive Case Studies of Practice Across the English Foundation Stage
  Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Kathy Sylva, Brenda Taggart, Edward Melhuish and Pam Sammons, Institute of Education, University of London
  
  

• 'Working Together to Develop the 3Rs' - An Exploration of Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships between ECCE Students and Infant Teachers in Irish Primary School Classrooms
  Deirdre Breatnach and Jennifer Sturley
  
  
• Playful Challenges: Values and Qualities of Early Intervention in Early Childhood Settings
  Kaye Cederman
  
  
• Developing Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Services: The Impact of a Continuing Professional Development Programme
  Imelda Duffy
  
  
• Practical Professionalism
  Maresa Duignan
  
  
• Engaging with Practitioners through Síolta, the National Quality Framework in Early Childhood Education: A Workshop Model
  Jacqueline Fallon
  
  
• The Challenges of Becoming a Profession
  Imelda Graham
  
  
• Exploring Quality in Early Educational Communities
  Nicole Green
  
  
• Early Years Professional Status: Pilot Evaluation and Issues
  Denise Hevey, Eunice Lumsden and Sue Moxon
  
  
• Multiple Perspectives on Quality - Partnership on Quality Evaluation and Professional Development in Early Childhood Institutions
  Helena Luís, Madalena Alves, Arlete Gonçalves, Gabriela Amaro, Helena Sousa, Julieta Vieira, Maria José Calheiros, Nélia Montez, Rosa Montez and Teresa Cunha
  
  
• Developing the Early Years Workforce: Student Perceptions of the Early Years Sector-Endorsed Foundation Degree
  Eunice Lumsden
  
  
• Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall: Reflections of The Early Years Professional
  Gill McGillivray
  
  
• Towards The Development of a Professional Development Portfolio for Childcare Practitioners
  Rosemary Murphy
  
  

• From Theory into Practice; Teachers Supporting Children's Self Regulation in Conflict Situations within an Early Years Setting
  Sue Bingham and David Whitebread
  
  
• Listening for Children's Stories: The NCCA’s Portraiture Study
  Paul Brennan, Mary Daly, Arlene Forster, Margaret Maxwell, Rosaleen Murphy, Emer O'Connor and Avril Sweeney
  
  
• Advocating With and on Behalf of Children - The Barnardos Experience
  Norah Gibbons
  
  
• Listening With Children: Research, Policy and Practice
  Fergus Hogan and Máire O'Reilly
  
  

• The Media Initiative for Children 'Respecting Difference' Diversity and Inclusion in the Early Years
  Eleanor Mearns
  
  
• Intercultural Books in Practice
  Máire Mhic Mhathúna and Úna Hill
  
  
• Moving Beyond Grimm's Fairytales for Representations of Black and White: Diversity as an Integral Component of Quality Provision in Early Childhood Education
  Maria O'Dwyer
  
  
• Co-existing With Different Cultures: Implications for Early Learning Environments
  Valerie Rhomberg
  
  

• A Pedagogy of Connection: The Place of Play
  Carmel Brennan and Nóirín Hayes
  
  
• The Curriculum in the Infant Classes in Primary Schools in Ireland - Creating Learning Experiences
  Deirbhile Nic Craith and Anne Fay
  
  
• Creating and Promoting Outdoor Learning Environments
  Carol Duffy
  
  
• Effective Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education: A Review of Literature and Implications for Practice in Infant Classes in Primary Schools in Ireland
  Elizabeth Dunphy
  
  
• Elegant Interior and Exterior Play Spaces for Young Children
  Michael F. Kalinowski
  
  
• Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Care and Education
  Marlene McCormack
  
  
• Risky Play Among Four and Five Year-old Children in Preschool
  Ellen Beate H. Sandseter
  
  

• Networks of Care and $7/Day Childcare in Small-town Quebec: Preliminary Findings in a Pilot Study
  Patricia Albanese
  
  
• Equality and Dialogue in the Involvement of Traveller Parents in the Preschool Education of Their Children
  Anne Boyle
  
  
• The Role of Community Teachers in the Development of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education
  Jan Forde
  
  
• The Community Mothers Programme: Care in the Community
  Brenda Molloy
  
  
• Parents as Partners in the Education of Children with Special Educational Needs
  Úna O'Connor
  
  
• The Transition to School in Ireland: What Do the Children Say?
  Mary O'Kane
  
  
• Evaluating The Impact Of The Early Years Arts Initiative - Working In Partnership
  Janet Preston
  
  
• 'When the Village Isn't Enough' - Can the UK Government's Change for Children Programme Really Address the Needs of Young Children Who Live in Rural Areas?
  Richard Tipping
  
  
• Improving School Readiness One Village at a Time: Early Years Parenting Centres and Teacher Opinion of 5 Year-olds' Preschool Development Using the Education Development Instrument (EDI)
  Catharine Tozer
  
  

• The Childhood Development Initiative: Developing Quality Services
  Geraldine French and Katherine Zappone
  
  
• Changes and Challenges in Recent ECEC Policy in Norway
  Ingeborg Tveter Thoresen
  
  
• The Challenge of Supporting Children in All Environments: A Proposal for Universal Funding
  Áine Uí Ghiollagáin
  
  
• The Revised Audit of Research on Early Childhood Care and Education in Ireland, 1990-2006
  Thomas Walsh
  
  

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