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Pedagogy and curriculum

 

Engaging with digital documentation and technology (3-part series)

What is digital documentation and why is it widely seen as a valuable innovation for the early childhood sector? This three-part series will take you...
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Engineering creativity: Celebrating loose parts play for all ages

Engineering creativity in loose parts play’ involves open-ended and easily manipulated materials that children can use to construct, deconstruct and transport, both to support them...
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Putting art in place (2-part series)

Educators often think they’re not ‘arty’ or ‘creative’, but if they focus less on expertise and more on relationships, they can create truly meaningful and...
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STEM inquiry: Co-constructed environments for curious minds

This course is designed to encourage early childhood educators and teachers to engage in inquiry-based, child-led STEM practices. It discusses common notions of STEM and...
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Music in early childhood (2-part series)

Music has long been regarded as an important part of early childhood education. For young children, music can be a way of connecting with others...
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Professionalism, paperwork and pedagogy: Leading professional practice in long day care

This course is a panel discussion with Susan Irvine, Karen Thorpe, and Jane Bourne and explores leadership approaches and strategies for professional practice in long...
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Encountering and interpreting the principles of Reggio Emilia Encounters (4-part series)

Discover and explore the principles of Reggio Emilia in this one-of-a-kind online professional learning series, developed by Early Childhood Australia (ECA) and the Reggio Emilia...
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Delving deeper into documenting and assessing children’s learning 

Delving deeper into documenting and assessing children’s learning

This course expands on the ideas and concepts outlined in the introductory course, ‘Documenting and assessing children’s learning with Dr Anne Kennedy’. It is highly...
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Settling multiple children in early childhood education and care settings

The need for sleep and rest varies as children develop and grow, and in many cases, an early childhood setting is very different to the...
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Supporting language development in the early years

The way children acquire language is complex and language learning is a key developmental milestone within early childhood. This course explores how language develops between...
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