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ECA Communities of Practice

An ECA Community of Practice (CoP) is a vibrant online community designed for early childhood professionals at all stages of their careers to come together and connect around a particular topic. The CoP is an opportunity for early childhood professionals to learn with and from each other.

In each CoP, you will seek to identify, through action research and critically reflective dialogue, the role play-based learning plays in each child’s learning journey. Engaging in action research will allow you to focus on the unique experiences of the children in your own context, creating a plan for meaningful support, change or learning within the environment.  

Each CoP contains carefully curated professional learning resources to support and expand your knowledge base on the chosen topic area. Choosing to be part of a CoP will take your adult learning experience to the next level. You will also engage with specially selected professional learning materials, chosen to expand thinking and facilitate conversation about pedagogy and practice. Through your involvement in this CoP, you can expect to: 

  • engage in a number of online forums and Zoom sessions 
  • be constructively challenged by your peers and facilitator 
  • experience the opportunity to cultivate ongoing professional relationships with other learners 
  • be actively involved in critically reflective dialogue 
  • design and implement an action research project 
  • shift your pedagogical practices as they relate to play-based learning in early childhood
  • participate in and engage with ECA Learning Hub resources that will enhance and extend your thinking.

Elements of Communities of Practice include: 

  • professional learning materials
  • online learning modules
  • ECA publications
  • live events
  • an action research project
  • online forums through the ECA Learning Hub online portal.

Communities of Practice are for organisational/group bookings only.

Minimum of 8 people, starting from $5,866.80.

Contact the ECA customer service team to enrol your team.

Bulk discount for 9 or more people. 

 

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