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Alloway, N (1997) 'Early Childhood education encounters the postmodern: What do we know? What can we count as "true"?', Australian Journal of Early Childhhod, v22, n2, pp1-5

Cousins, J (1990) 'Are Your little Humpty Dumpties floating or sinking? What sense do children of four make of reception class at school?', Early Years Journal of TACTYC, v10, n2, Spring, pp28-38

Dockett, S & Perry, B (1996) 'Young children's construction of knowledge, Australian Journal of Early Childhood, v21, n4

Farquhar, S (1990) 'Quality in Early Education and Care; what do we mean?', Early Child Development and Care, v64, pp71-83

Gura, P (ed) (1997) Reflections on Early Education and Care inspired by visits to Reggio Emilia, Italy, BAECE

Holmes, T (1996) Towards Quality Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Paper presented at 6th European Conference on the Quality of Early Years Education, Lisbon

Jones, M (1999) 'Playing Fair', Nursery World, June, Times Supplements, London

Jowett, S & Sylva, K (1986)'Does kind of pre-school matter?', Educational Research, v28, n1

Katz, L (1993) 'Trends and Issues in the Dissemination of Child Development and Early Education Knowledge', International Journal Of Eraly Years Education, v1, n2

May, H & Carr, M (1997) 'Making a Difference for the Under Fives? The early implementation of Te Whaariki, The New Zealand National Early Childhood Curriculum',International Journal of Early Years Education, v5, n3, pp225-236

Nunes, T (1994) 'The Environment of the Child', International Journal of Early Years Education, v2, n3, Winter

Nutbrown, C & David, T (1992) 'Key Issues in Early Childhood Education', Early Years, v12, n2, Spring

Pascal, C (1992) 'Quality and the Education of the Young Child', Early Years, v13, n1

Pound, L (1988) 'Equality in a child-centred curriculum', TACTYC Journal, v9, n1, Autumn, pp64-72

Pramling, I (1992) 'To be six years old in Sweden in the 1990s', Early Years, v12, n2, Spring

Robson, S (1993) '"Best of all I like Choosing Time": Talking with Children about Play and Work', Early Childhood Development and Care, v92, pp37-51

Rodd, J (1997) 'Learning to develop as early childhood professionals', Australian Journal of Early Childhood, v22, n2, pp1-5

Tinworth, S (1997) 'Whose good idea was it? Child initiated curriculum', Australian Journal of Early Childhood, v22, n3, pp24-29

(1993) ÔThe Rise and Fall of the FamilyÕ, The Guardian, October 28th

Weikart, D (1988) 'A Perspective in High/Scope's early education research', Early Child Development and Care, v33, 29-40

Wood, L (1997) 'Play: Future Directions',Early Years v17, n2, pp22-27