In Australia, growth in the demand of early childhood services for young children aged birth
to three years has placed increased pressure on the early childhood education sector as …

IN THE CONTEXT OF NEW national regulatory requirements for designated educational
leaders in early childhood settings, 11 Victorian teachers participated in semi-structured …

This article reports on a project,“Collaboration of Universities Pedagogies of Infants' and
Toddlers' Development—'down under'(CUPID),” in which the practicum experiences of 1st …

In Australia, the growth in the provision of early childhood services for very young children
aged birth to three years has placed increased demands on pre-service teachers as new …

Historically, in the USA context child development content knowledge has been one of the
main emphases of early childhood teacher education programs, as it is theorized that …

This paper presents preliminary data from a mentoring program, initiated in response to
widespread Government reform policy that targeted early childhood teachers who were new …

This study explores perceptions of recent graduates from UK institutions who have
undertaken Early Childhood Studies (ECS) degrees, following on from a similar study nearly …

This paper is an exploratory study to identify similarities and differences between two groups
of early childhood educator'perceptions of how infants and toddlers learn in the contexts of …

In Western Australia (WA) early learning centres, also referred to as childcare centres, are
required by law to employ at least one degree qualified teacher. As such, graduates from …

Research has shown that the care and education of infants and toddlers is an under-
represented area in early childhood teacher education. This is also the case in Australia …