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Thorpe, Karen; Westwood, Emily; Jansen, Elena; Menner, Ryan; Houen, Sandy; Staton, Sally – Australian Educational Researcher, 2021
The most recent data from the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) present good news; 79% of Australia's Early Childhood Education and Care services are now meeting the National Quality Standard (NQS). Yet one in five services remain below standard. Understanding the context and characteristics of these services, and…
Descriptors: National Standards, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Foreign Countries
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Grant, Sandra; Comber, Barbara; Danby, Susan; Theobald, Maryanne; Thorpe, Karen – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2018
The increased regulation of teachers' work is a global phenomenon across education sectors. In Australia the governance of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) embeds international priorities for quality improvement in educational programmes. The implementation of a National Quality Framework (NQF) for the assessment of ECEC services has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Governance, Educational Quality