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Chris Speldewinde; Coral Campbell – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
Early childhood is an important time for building children's affinity with nature and the environment. Early childhood professionals play a crucial role in developing young children's understanding of the natural world. Over the past 50 years, there has been a movement in early childhood education and care contexts to provide young children with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Early Childhood Education, Young Children
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Archer, Nathan – Global Studies of Childhood, 2017
In 2015, the British government implemented a national Baseline Assessment policy for children at the start of their Reception Year (aged 4-5 years) in England. Adding further assessment to the national Early Years Foundation Stage, the Baseline policy was predicated on reform for improved school accountability, with a focus on measurement of both…
Descriptors: Caring, Young Children, Summative Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
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Sims, Margaret; Waniganayake, Manjula; Hadley, Fay – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore sense-making of early childhood (EC) leaders in EC services rated as exceeding/excellent in Australian accreditation. Design/methodology/approach: An interpretivist ontology and social constructivist epistemology informs the study. The conceptual framework uses the concept of sense-making to explore…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries
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Davis, Belinda; Degotardi, Sheila – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This paper explores the construction of "care" in early childhood curriculum and practice. An increasing number of infants are attending formal early childhood settings in Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011. "Childhood education and care, Australia, June 2011." (4402.0). Retrieved from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum