Australia Association for Research in Education
Early Childhood
Early Childhood Workforce: revitalising policy to enable quality
The quality of education and care for children in Australia currently sits at the forefront of public debate. …
Childcare: When profit is the motivator, we should be worried
The Australian early childcare sector is experiencing a relentless surge in media attention. It has exposed significant concerns …
The truth about the pay rise for the oppressed
The Federal Government’s “good social and educational policy, and even better political move” of a fully funded pay …
Here are five ways the government could demolish barriers to early learning
The Final Report from the Productivity Commission (PC) into Early Childhood Education and Care was released last week. …
Early learning: Every child deserves access now. Here’s how we can make that happen
The Final Report from the Productivity Commission (PC) into Early Childhood Educationand Care was released last week. This …
Excellent: why do we need that rating for early childhood care?
Professional identity in the Australian early childhood education and care sector (ECEC) is strongly linked to quality assurance …
Flowers, chocolates, promises: now too late for early childhood educators
The newest Productivity Commission report: A path to universal early childhood education and care glosses over or ignores many fundamental problems within the early childhood education sector . Scarcely mentioned, or tactfully ignored, are the:* systemic issues relating to educator burnout,* poor wellbeing and morale of educators,* increasing burden of quality assurance,* emotional cost of …
What happens when we cut corners: Suffer the little children
Jack Swindells is why regulations for early childhood care matter. The early childhood sector is regulated by standards and laws for a reason. One of those reasons is to ensure the quality of care for children: a quality of care that provides children with the opportunity to develop in an environment that is safe. These …
How this oppressive test is killing the magic of childhood
NAPLAN is taking the fun out of early childhood learning. Early childhood learning encompasses education for children from …
The government must fix the childcare desert now
Marg Rogers, Navjot Bhullar and Laura K Doan ask: How far will the Budget’s funds stretch to fix …