Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Early Childhood Language & Literacy
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer-reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 JECL has rapidly become a distinctive, leading voice in research in early childhood literacy, with a multinational range of contributors and readership. The main emphasis in the journal is on papers researching issues related to the nature, function and use of literacy in early childhood. This includes the history, development, use, learning and teaching of literacy, as well as policy and strategy. Research papers may address theoretical, methodological, strategic or applied aspects of early childhood literacy and could be reviews of research issues. JECL is both a forum for debate about the topic of early childhood literacy and a resource for those working in the field. Literacy is broadly defined; JECL focuses on the 0-8 age range.
Our prime interest in empirical work is those studies that are situated in authentic or naturalistic settings; this differentiates the journal from others in the area. JECL, therefore, tends to favour qualitative work but is also open to research employing quantitative methods. The journal is multi-disciplinary. We welcome submissions from diverse disciplinary backgrounds including: education, psychology, literacy studies, sociology, anthropology, historical and cultural studies, applied linguistics and semiotics.
"This journal is unique in the field of early childhood literacy. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it steps beyond the pragmatic interests of present educational policy to consider the wider issues of tomorrow's world." Eve Gregory
" …pushing the boundaries and blends of 'literacy' and 'early childhood' in startling, generative directions." Allan Luke
"Literacy is changing, as is our understanding of young children's learning capacity and what it is they have to learn. At such a time of change it is particularly important to have a forum that is focused on young children's encounters with literacy in all its manifestations." Henrietta Dombey
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Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer-reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 JECL has rapidly become a distinctive, leading voice in research in early childhood literacy, with a multinational range of contributors and readership. The main emphasis in the journal is on papers researching issues related to the nature, function and use of literacy in early childhood. This includes the history, development, use, learning and teaching of literacy, as well as policy and strategy. Research papers may address theoretical, methodological, strategic or applied aspects of early childhood literacy and could be reviews of research issues. JECL is both a forum for debate about the topic of early childhood literacy and a resource for those working in the field. Literacy is broadly defined; JECL focuses on the 0-8 age range.
Our prime interest in empirical work is those studies that are situated in authentic or naturalistic settings; this differentiates the journal from others in the area. JECL, therefore, tends to favour qualitative work but is also open to research employing quantitative methods. The journal is multi-disciplinary. We welcome submissions from diverse disciplinary backgrounds including: education, cultural psychology, literacy studies, sociology, anthropology, historical and cultural studies, applied linguistics and semiotics.
| Julia Gillen | Lancaster University, UK |
| Fiona Scott | The University of Sheffield, UK |
| Deborah Wells Rowe | Vanderbilt University, USA |
| Ann C Browne | University of East Anglia, UK |
| Anne Haas Dyson | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Nigel Hall | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Jackie Marsh | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Guy Merchant | Sheffield Hallam University, UK |
| Angela Colvert | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Stavroula Kontovourki | University of Cyprus, Cyprus |
| Amanda Niland | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Jim Anderson | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Linda Baker | University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA |
| Diane Barone | University of Nevada, Reno, USA |
| Rebecca Black | University of California, USA |
| Carole Bloch | University of Capetown, Rondebosch, South Africa |
| Gloria Boutte | University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA |
| Eliza Braden | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Cassie Brownell | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Xia Chao | Duquesne University, USA |
| Diane R.Collier | Brock University, Canada |
| Catherine Compton-Lilly | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Susan Danby | Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia |
| Karen Daniels | Sheffield Hallam University, UK |
| Emilia Djonov | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Henrietta Dombey | University of Brighton, UK |
| Anne Haas Dyson | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Rosie Flewitt | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Maria Paula Ghiso | Columbia University, USA |
| Yetta Goodman | University of Arizona, USA |
| Eve Gregory | Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK |
| Abi Hackett | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Violet J Harris | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Dawnene D. Hassett | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Margie Kahukura Hohepa | University of Waikato, New Zealand |
| Kim H. Koh | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Candace Kuby | University of Missouri, UK |
| Natalia Kucirkova | University of Stavanger, Norway |
| Linda D Labbo | University of Georgia, Athens, USA |
| Joanne Larson | University of Rochester, New York, USA |
| Kim Lenters | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Tisha Lewis Ellison | University of Georgia, USA |
| Iva Son Li | Teachers College, Columbia University, USA |
| Susi Long | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Jessica Mantei | University of Wollongong, Australia |
| Mitsuko Matsumoto | Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Spain |
| Michelle Neumann | Griffith University, Australia |
| Kate Pahl | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Mastin Prinsloo | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Flora V Rodriguez-Brown | University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
| Kathleen A Roskos | John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH |
| Jennifer Rowsell | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Alyson Simpson | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Jan Turbill | University of Wollongong, Australia |
| Vivian Vasquez | |
| Dinah Volk | Cleveland State University, USA |
| Christopher J. Wagner | City University of New York, USA |
| Jon Wargo | Boston College, USA |
| Karen Wohlwend | Indiana University - Bloomington, USA |
| Sophia Wu | National Chengchi University, Taiwan |
| Kamania Wynter-Hoyte | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Haeny Yoon | Columbia University, USA |
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