Conflicting ideologies in early childhood education : an exploration of Reggio-inspired practice

Within the field of early childhood education, the ideologies of child development and its parent discipline, developmental psychology, dominate both theory and practice. In recent years, educators have attempted to reconceptualise early childhood education by adopting more progressive approaches to teaching and learning. The aim of this present research study was to critically examine the experiences of early childhood educators who have adopted a Reggioinspired approach to educating young children. To explore their experiences, an institutional ethnography was employed involving seven educators from a large child care organization in Hamilton, Ontario. In line with the intent ofthis study, qualitative data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews, participant-observations and textual analyses to explore the presence of developmental-psychological ideologies within early childhood education and Reggio-inspired practice. The present study also examined the challenges faced by educators who have adopted a Reggio-inspired approach. The results of this study indicate that ideologies associated with the developmental-psychological paradigm dominate the practice of early childhood educators and that the conflicting ideologies that surround Reggio educators may play a role in some of the challenges educators experience. The findings of this study thus demonstrate a need to adopt alternative approaches toward understanding both children and childhood, in both early childhood educational theory and practice.

Sustainability, Fashion Design, and Consumerism: Undergraduate Entry Level Fashion Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Habits

This qualitative inquiry explored 7 undergraduate students' attitudes, habits, and knowledge of consumerism, fashion design, and sustainability. The postmodern study employed crystallization as its methodological framework to gain insight into how participants' knowledge is manifested in their daily habits, and used 4 methods of data gathering: semistructured interviews, visual exercises, journal entries, and the researcher's own reflections. Four major themes emerged: Knowledge-Concepts Linked and Fragmented; Dissonance Between Knowledge Versus Attitudes and Consumer Habits; Surrendering to the Unsustainable Structures; Design Process and Caring Attitude. Findings indicate that participants possessed some knowledge of sustainability but lacked a well-rounded understanding of environmental and humanitarian implications of Western consumer society. Findings also reveal a dissonance between participants' knowledge and attitudes-affecting how their knowledge influences their behaviour-and how reflection, creative thinking, and drawing initiate change in participants' underlying attitudes. Recommendations are made to merge a variety of theoretical frameworks into the educational system in order to create curricula that offer a holistic overview and unique insights into sustainability challenges, particularly in specialized areas of the fashion industry.

THE USE OF COGNITIVE INTERVIEWS TO EVALUATE THE LIVING CONDITIONS SURVEY

Cognitive interviews were used to evaluate two draft versions of a financial survey in Jamaica. The qualitative version used a few open-ended questions, and the quantitative version used numerous close-ended questions. A secondary analysis based on the cognitive interview literature was used to guide a content analysis of the aggregate data of both surveys. The cognitive interview analysis found that the long survey had fewer respondent errors than the open-ended questions on the short survey. A grounded theory analysis then examined the aggregate cognitive data, showing that the respondents attached complex meanings to their financial information. The main limitation of this study was that the standard assessments of quantitative and qualitative reliability and validity were not utilized. Further research should utilize statistical methods to compare and contrast aggregated cognitive interview probe responses on open and close ended surveys.

Marriage Bond between Harrison Narrel of Gainsborough and Anna Simmermon of Clinton

Marriage Bond between Harrison Narrel of Gainsborough and Anna Simmermon of Clinton signed by Andrew Snyder of Gainsborough and William Jacobs of Grimsby, Sept. 1, 1834

Calendario nuevo de los cruzados, de la nacional y distinguida Orden Guadalupana, promovida y establecida por el libertador de la patria Don Agustín de Iturbide el año de 1822 y restaurada por ... Don Antonio López de Santa Anna el año de 1853

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Apología de la conducta militar del general Santa-Anna en la acción de Cerro-Gordo

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Don Juan Alvarez se pronunció a favor de la nación y Santa - Anna destapó pidiendo a todos perdón.

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Discurso en elogio del Exmo. Sr. General de División benemérito de la patria D. Antonio López de Santa Anna

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Biografía del General Santa Anna

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Apuntamientos para la historia de lo ocurrido en el ejército de operaciones desde la llegada del Escmo. Sr. General en Gefe Benemérito de la Patria D. Antonio López de Santa - Anna al pueblo de Ayotla, hasta su cuartel general en Tacubaya.

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Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time : Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna, Gomez, Farias, Bustamente, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Alaman, Ampudia, Herrera, and De la Vega. by Fay. Robinson. Illustratd by twelve portraits and engravings.

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Correspondencia entre el supremo gobierno y el general D. Antonio López de Santa - Anna.

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Documentos relativos al C. Don Antonio López de Santa Anna ; del 3 de marzo de 1836 al 1o. de julio de 1874

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Expediente militar del General Antonio López de Santa Anna

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Exposición pública del Dr. Francisco Javier Miranda : en su personal defensa y la de los principios conservadores, considerados en la última administración política del General Santa-Anna

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