This paper illustrates the role of professional learning in building teacher confidence, and
explicates how confidence relates to professional capital. It reports on data from the …

The significance of relationships between the parents and teachers of preschool and
kindergarten children is well established. Teachers and schools are presumed to be …

Both the concept of well-being and the work of early childhood educators are complex. To
date, research concerning educators' well-being has lacked a comprehensive …

Practitioner voice has been absent from debates regarding what constitutes professional
behaviour and practice in the early years. This research identifies and uses the professional …

Children's well-being has received extensive research attention and has a central role in
early childhood policy and curricular guidelines. However, the well-being of early childhood …

The early childhood education (ECE) sector in Australia is marked by a habitus where
'professionalism'is confined to objective, technical practices. The authos suggest that this is …

Issues of standardization, student achievement, and diversity have dramatically altered
teaching within early childhood programs across the United States. This has created a …

Over the past decade, professionalism has become a keyword in early childhood education
in New Zealand. The emphasis on 'professionalism'in education often refers to increased …

Operating within a neoliberal education reform context, performativity and teaching in
schools has been a focus of study for a number of years. However, less is known about the …

Early childhood workforce sustainability is an important issue, with implications for children,
families and national productivity, as well as for educators themselves. Yet, in many national …