Politicians play a key role in determining policy content and outcomes for early childhood
education and care (ECEC). As a result, the quality of formal ECEC provisions for children …

This article proposes utilising the theory of practice architectures to uncover and make
explicit the beliefs and implicit theories of early childhood educators, as well as to examine …

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 …

THE NATIONAL QUALITY FRAMEWORK (NQF) has been heralded by the Australian
Government as a significant reform that will raise the quality of early childhood education …

Dominant constructions of professionalism in early childhood education can diminish early
childhood teachers' and educators' undertaking of advocacy at the systems or political level …

Background High quality child care is a population health investment that relies on the
capacity of providers. The mental health and wellbeing of child care educators is …

In Australia limited research has been conducted into Outside School Hours Care services,
as emphasis has generally been placed on examining care provision for children below …

This paper reports on an Australian initiative Developing and Sustaining Pedagogical
Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care Professionals, where academics and …

This paper explores early childhood experience in Scotland in terms of how readily the
aspirations of policy convert to day-to-day practices. Ambitions to improve the lives of …

In current early years educational practice there is a greater awareness of children's
transitions than ever before. The knowledge base is increasingly well informed by research …