Every Child. Volume 13, Number 2, 2007

The theme of this issue of "Every Child" is "Challenging Practice and Challenging Practices." It covers a range of issues challenging the images of a "traditional" children's service. Contents include an editorial by Alison Elliott, "Wise Vision, Workable Solutions and Early Childhood Action," a guest statement by Collette Tayler, professor in Queensland University of Technology's School of Early Childhood, titled "Challenging Practice Challenging Practices in Early Education and Care," and these articles: (1) Doing It "Our Way:" Including Children and Families from Different Cultures" (Margaret Young); (2) Minya Bunhii: A Little Nest of Learning (Mavis Miller and Ursula Montgomerie); (3) Creative Playspaces (Neville Dwyer); (4) Behaviour, Belief and Action (Sue Roffey); (5) Our Responsibility to Reconciliation (Frank Hytten); (6) Strengthening Indigeneity through Whakapapa and Maori Pedagogy (Ngaroma Madeleine Williams); (7) More than "Looking After the Children": Success Stories of Child Care in Remote Indigenous Communities (Lyn Fasoli); (8) School-Based Playgroups: Engaging Families and Creating Learning Opportunities (Alison Elliott); (9) Creating a Community Space (Coralie McAlister); (10) Re-Thinking the Management of Community-Based Early Childhood Services (Wendy Boyd); (11) Circles of Change: Innovative Approaches to Field Education (Kyn Macfarlane, Jennifer Cartmel and Chris Maher); (12) Carla Tongun, Peace and Humanitarian Worker (Julian Fleetwood); (13) The Ethics of Controlled Crying (Julian Fleetwood); (14) Learning about Science Using a Wondering Box (Brooke Kavanagh and Mary Morris); (15) Rotavirus Gastroenteritis (Goeff Davidson); (16) Early Childhood Australia's Code of Ethics: Challenging Practices (Catherine Hydon and Lennie Barblett); and (17) The Role of Children's Rights (Gillian Calvert). The issue also contains book reviews of "When Mum Went to Prison Lots of Things Changed" (Tess Rowley and Rhiannon McLay); "Ethics in Action: Introducingthe Ethical Response Cycle" (Linda Newman and Lois Pollnitz); "Round Fish Square Bowl" (Tom Skinner); and "The Rough Guide to African Music for Children" by various artists.