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Being professional in Early Childhood Education
Being a member of a few Early Childhood Educator Facebook groups, I often see there is a lot of disagreement among these groups (and throughout the sector) about what being a professional in Early Chi...
Child development understanding
Early Years Learning Framework
Early childhood professionalism
Educator ethics
Ethical leadership in education
National Quality Framework
Play-based learning benefits
Professional development for educators
Professional identity in education
Reflective practice in teaching
Schematic Play
Written by Louise Porter, PhD, Child psychologist Compiled by Phoenix Support for Educators Pty Ltd © 2021 TYPES OF PLAY There are many types of play: 1 ※ Schematic play: in which children have a stro...
Cathy Nutbrown
Child exploration activities
Child play patterns
Chris Athey
Cognitive development in children
Early childhood development
Learning through play
Play-based learning
Rotation schema
Schematic play
Trajectory schema
Types of schematic play
childcare
children's play
educator
infants
parenting
plaget
schema
schema in young children
schematic play
teacher
toddlers
Reflecting on "school readiness" and transitions to school
Transitions to school and school readiness We have a long way to go in Australia to apply emerging research about early years appropriate pedagogy to teaching and learning in Kindergarten, pre-school,...
Acts of Kindness in Early Childhood education
Age-appropriate pedagogy
Child development understanding
Developmentally appropriate practices
Early learning strategies
Emotional readiness for school
Kindergarten preparation
School readiness
School transition programs
Transition to school
pedagogy
school transition
It's time to ditch 'behaviour management plans'
An excerpt from ‘The Phoenix Cups Framework: An Educator’s Toolkit for Behaviour Dear Educators, Can we talk about ‘behaviour management plans’? Or preferably, can we stop talking about them? Actually...
Behavioural expectations
Behavioural guidance
Behavioural learning
Child behavior management
Children's behaviour
Classroom management strategies
Educator strategies
Effective teaching methods
Interaction ratio
Positive interactions
Positive reinforcement systems
behaviour management
child education
early childhood education