This paper reports on a study which focused on surveying children and young people (aged
4 to 17) regarding their experiences of childhood, schooling, family, and community …

Play, and especially free play, offers a unique opportunity for children to act with agency. Yet
the regulated and routinized structure of early childhood education and care settings …

Objectives At the end of this chapter you will be able to:• describe the policy context within
which EC professionals work in Australia• describe the role of the NQS in setting a national …

Children's play has long captured the attention of the early childhood education field as a
context for children's growth and development. However, teachers are uncertain about how …

Abstract The National Quality Standards (NQS) are the key means of assessing quality in
early childhood education in Australia. In Western Australia, teachers in schools are …