AER 50 calls for a coherent, long-term national action plan and timeline to develop and
implement an integrated, well-funded, regulated and managed system of early childhood …

This fully updated new edition of Teaching Practice for Early Childhood will help student and
recently graduated early childhood teachers make the most of their teaching in a variety of …

This article juxtaposes contrasting discourses concerning the impact that regulatory systems—
such as the NSW Children's Services Regulation and the National Quality Improvement and …

Long day childcare (LDC) services provide education and care for children under 5 years of
age in Australia. Those who work in these services are poorly paid and their efforts are …

Recent reviews of the status and standing of early childhood teachers in Australia indicate
high attrition, low retention and low morale within the profession. A contributing factor may …

RECENT EFFORTS TO RENOVATE the teaching of young children have led to a greater
emphasis on teachers' theoretical understandings of children and teaching, and how they …

In this time of rapid curriculum change within early childhood education, critical pedagogy is
an ideal framework from which to view early childhood curriculum practice and research. It is …

This article extends current understandings of sources of job (dis) satisfaction for childcare
staff by investigating the hypothesis that early childhood professionals' satisfaction with …

This study is an inquiry into the professional identity constructions of early childhood
educators, where identity is conceptualised as social and contextual. Through a …

The study investigated early childhood teacher decision making at the preschool level in the
state of Victoria, Australia. Victorian teachers at the preschool level were in an interesting …