Learning in the early years 11 Reflective practice through focused questions 11 Questions for reflection 12 Belonging being & becoming – a vision for children’s learning 13 The EYLF for Australia 13 Pedagogy 13 Principles 14 Practices 14
Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)CurriculumLanguageAustralia's first national early childhood curriculum, the Early Years Learning Framework (Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR], 2009), aims'to extend and enrich children's learning from birth to five years and through...
The Centre aims to follow the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) practices and principles through providing a play based learning environment. Our practices are holistic in that we see children’s learning as integrated and connected. Intentional teaching is thoughtful, purposeful and deliberate. We...
The creation of an Australian Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), a curriculum document designed to ensure quality ECEC for all children, also played an important role leading to the uptake of programs such as bush kinders (Christiansen et al., 2018). The EYLF highlights the importance of...
In Australia, the nature-based approach to ECEC was supported by the creation of an Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) in 2009 (DEEWR, 2009) that was further updated in 2022 (AGDE, 2022). The creation of the EYLF provided the impetus for a group of educators in Melbourne, Victoria, ...
This book, the first in the bout the Early YearsLearning Framework (EYLF) to be published by Early Childhood Australia, is specifically designed to both introduce and support early childhood educators in coming to know about, understand and then work with the EYLF. The EYLF uses the word '...
TheNational Quality Framework(Australian Children's Services Education and Care Quality Authority2012), theNational Quality Standard(COAG2009b) and quality rating system, and Australia's first national early childhood curriculum guideThe Early Years Learning Framework[EYLF] (DE 2009) also have implication...
The Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) Pilot launched in Term 1 involves more than 300 educators and 3300 children in 100 preschools. The play-based program is aligned to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and includes digital apps to support students, educators and families. ...
A NEW VISION FOR AUSTRALIA The Early Years Learning Framework is an important and timely resource for early childhood. It embraces a vision for a new Australia: • a future that embraces all Australians • a future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility • a futu...
Early Years Learning Framework (DEEWR, 2009) encourages educators to engage in ongoing reflection on their practices. Not only this, but a curriculum that connects to children’s everyday lives and funds of knowledge provides many opportunities for children to display their existing understandings ...