This article seeks to establish a new research agenda on distributed leadership by linking
early childhood and school leadership research. It begins with a discussion of how …

With the increasing acknowledgement of the benefits of early childhood education, there is a
need to ask critical questions about whether ample leadership exists for guiding ambitious …

This study aims to investigate distribution of responsibilities for leadership in early childhood
education (ECE) context. It focuses on the enactments of leadership by investigating how …

Effective leadership within early childhood settings is aligned with the perceived successful
implementation of high quality care and education programmes (Thornton, Tamati, Clarkin …

A range of studies has demonstrated that collaborative professional development and
learning (PD&L) is effective in implementing curriculum reform. PD&L that is contextualised …

The provision of early childhood education and care for children and families has received
unprecedented community attention in recent times. In the resulting policy flows, competing …

The New Zealand Teachers Council Te Pouherenga Kaiako o Aotearoa is pleased to
publish this occasional paper focused on leadership in early childhood education in …

THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S PROMISE of preschool education for every four-year-
old child, in particular for every Indigenous four-year-old, brings an opportunity to reconsider …

This article reports on an Australian study of the emergence and development of leadership
that supports children's rights and their access to high-quality early childhood education …

The issue of who should be included and recognised as professionals in the early childhood
education and care (ECEC) service system is both contested and pressing in the current …