A chasm has opened up between early childhood learning and the first years of compulsory schooling. Kids go from playing to being tested in the blink of an eye, and their learning is poorer for it.
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The pandemic highlighted Australia’s reliance on early childhood educators, while adding to their existing stresses. A study of how educators fared identifies three key factors in their well-being.
Particularly after the devastation of COVID-19, evidence is mounting for the economic argument of reinvesting in high-quality early childhood education.
High-quality early child care and education affects children’s overall health and well-being, and is key for all the qualities children need to contribute to society and the economy.
New research shows that extra-curricular activities do more to help close the attainment gap between richer and poorer pupils than nebulous lessons in ‘character’.
In 2009, Australian governments made an agreement to provide all four-year-olds with access to preschool delivered by a trained teacher from 2013. We’re a long way from this goal.
The Coalition has had longer than a three year cycle to make some changes to education. But since the 2016 election, what has it actually done? And what is Labor proposing?
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Tutor Maths and English, University of Brighton
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Professor and Head of School, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Special Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Program Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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Assistant Program Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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Early Childhood and Primary Course Coordinator and Language and Literacy Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Amelia Church is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, REEaCh (Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood) Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Professor & Director of REEaCh (Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood) Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, REEaCh (Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood) Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
