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Infant Educators' Use of Mental-State Talk in Australia and China: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study
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Degotardi, Sheila; Han, Feifei; Hu, Jiangbo – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
This study compares the mental-state talk of infant educators in Australia and China in order to determine the nuanced differences in the ways that they use this talk with the infants in their room. Participants are 44 native English-speaking Australian educators from centres in Sydney, Australia and 30 native Chinese-speaking infant educators…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Caregiver Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
Primary + Early Childhood = Chalk and Cheese? Tensions in Undertaking an Early Childhood/Primary Education Degree
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Boyd, Wendy; Newman, Linda – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
There is well-established evidence that the quality of early childhood education workforce impacts upon children's learning. Attracting qualified teacher graduates to work in early childhood centres is an essential component towards the provision of quality care. Significant investment by the Australian Government has been made to prepare early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Educational Quality, Work Environment, Teacher Education Programs
"Because Uni Is Totally Different than What You Do at TAFE": Protective Strategies and Provisions for Diploma Students Traversing Their First Professional Experience Placement at University
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Hadley, Fay; Andrews, Rebecca – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Students who enrol in a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) at the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, with a Diploma in Children's Services attained from a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institution or a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) often experience challenges in their first professional experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Shortage, Bachelors Degrees
Reading the Map: Locating and Navigating the Academic Skills Development of Pre-Service Teachers
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Moles, Janet; Wishart, Llewellyn – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2016
This article reports on an action research project that was implemented to strengthen preservice teachers' academic skills and competencies in a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education course. Strategies identified as effective included mapping assessment tasks to State and National Early Childhood Education Curriculum and Standards Frameworks and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Skill Development, Action Research, Research Projects