It has been adopted as the name of the National framework for quality in Early Childhood Education in Ireland as it conceptualizes the potential for growth and development contained within the framework. This paper presents the story of the journey, to date, towards the provision of quality in ...
For early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, sharing pictures and videos of children with families is a daily practice. Families are eager to see what their children are doing during the day. Sharing photos and videos helps them feel close—even when they’re apart. The National M...
Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education (2006) 'Siolta - a National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education (Dublin: CECDE)Early Childhood Development Sub-Group of the Productivity Agenda Working Group (2008) A National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care: a...
In the early childhood arena, COAG have been active in establishing a National Quality Framework (http://www.deewr.gov.au/earlychildhood/policy_agenda/quality/pages/home.aspx) which aims to establish a: National legislative framework National Quality Standard National quality rating and assessment pro...
(SCSEEC2012, 4) of theNational Quality Framework. While these are all relevant and important elements of the professionalisation of the workforce, the emphasis upon these elements in the workforce strategy, could also limit possibilities for conceptualising professionalism in early childhood practice. ...
Early childhood workforce sustainability is an important issue, with implications for children, families and national productivity, as well as for educators themselves. Yet, in many national contexts, workforce challenges continue to undermine efforts to
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western European countries, early childhood educators responded to the powerful discourse of “developmentally appropriate practice” (DAP), which, from the 1980s, secured international reach and impact (NAEYC.org/DAP) (National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2020). Educational ...
Submission on the discussion paper: A National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care Excerpt Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings offer an opportunity to provide children with a solid beginning in all areas of their development. The quality and efficacy of these setti...