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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Children's voices"”.
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Everyone At the Table: Children'S Voices On God
… In considering the faith development of young children, strong adherence to a moral theory that is deeply grounded in cognitive development is insufficient and incapable of giving a complete picture of young children's faith conceptions. It does not allow young children to be taken seriously as …
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"I don't like splashing in the water": children's voices in primary science
This study considers children’s attitudes towards science and their ideas and understandings of science concepts. Attitudes and ideas and understandings were investigated with respect to several factors (age, gender, age and gender, science ability level, socioeconomic group, school and class …
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If women write in milk, do children write in snot? Children's voices in documented drama
This thesis investigates the documentation of drama as a means of assessment at GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education). Through a feminist lens, this research exposes the external influences that govern the students' experience of drama as an examination. It is a statutory requirement …
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Children's voices: The contribution of informal language practices to the negotiation of knowledge and identity amongst 10-12 year old school pupils
This research addresses the ways in which children's informal language practices contribute to their negotiations of knowledge and identity. An ethnographic study of 10-12 year olds' talk in and around school was carried out, which included the collection of continuous tape-recordings of talk …
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Representing children in opera
… is a survey of how composers have represented children in opera from the late nineteenth century onwards. Operatic roles for children are analysed from a primarily technical perspective, with those written specifically for children's voices presented alongside those intended for adults playing …
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Optimizing acoustic and perceptual assessment of voice quality in children with vocal nodules
… optimizing the assessment of vocal function in children with voice disorders. The goal of this investigation was to identify a minimal set of speech tasks and associated acoustic analysis methods that are most salient in characterizing the impact of vocal nodules on vocal function in children. …
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Persona dolls and anti-bias curriculum practice with young children : a case study of early childhood development teachers
… of human rights, and a sense of fairness in all children. This study examines the use of the Persona Doll Approach as a component of anti-bias practice in order to learn more about the approach, and about how it is used to engage with the realities of bias in the ECD phase of education in the …
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A Comparison Between Habitual Pitch and Optimum Pitch in Preschool-Aged Children
… produced by normally developing preschool-aged children was different across structured speech tasks and free play and to determine if the HP across the same tasks differed from optimum pitch (OP) produced by these children. HP measurements were performed on ten normally developing …
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Exploring Inclusive Education and Listening in Relation to Children's Experiences and Teachers' Perspectives
… of listening from the perspectives of both children and teachers. Drawing on experiences in pre-school and reception classrooms in England, I explored the essence of inclusive education and effective implementation strategies to meet the needs of children, including those with diverse needs. …
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Competing voices: Dialogic perspectives on Chinese children’s use of touch screen devices in a New Zealand early childhood education setting
Internationally, preschool children’s use of touch screen devices is increasingly discussed from the perspectives of teachers and or caregivers. However, there is little discussion of this topic from a cross-cultural perspective. Furthermore, children’s own voices on their touch screen experiences …
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The impact of international non-governmental organisations on the response of community-based organisations to the HIV/AIDs related orphan and vulnerable children crisis in Zimbabwe: the case of Batsiranai and Danish Association for international cooperation in Manicaland
… the HIV/AIDs- related orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) crisis in Zimbabwe. The study engages with how INGOs have emerged as key conduits for development aid, rather than African governments against a backdrop of development strategies being dominated by northern perspectives at the …
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Play in Hospital - Through the Looking-Glass: Exploring Children and Young People’s Perspectives regarding their Interactions with Health Play Professionals
Background: Children and young people are confronted and challenged, on many levels, by illness and hospitalisation. Child-focused anthropologists have described how children utilise play and imagination as tools to cope and make meaning of their illness experiences. Over time, research on the …