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Family-Centred Practice: Empowerment, Self-Efficacy, and Challenges for Practitioners in Early Childhood Education and Care
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Rouse, Liz – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2012
Family-centred practice has been included in the Victoria, Australia Early Years Learning and Development Framework as a key practice principle for professionals working across all early years programs in that state. While this model of partnership for engaging and collaborating with families has long been used in the early intervention sector,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries
A Model for Research-Based State Professional Development Policy
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Luke, Allan; McArdle, Felicity – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Federal, State and school-based professional development has become a multi-million dollar educational enterprise in Australia. Yet there are no published models for the making of systems-level professional development policy. Reviewing the literature on the characteristics of effective professional development programs, this paper proposes a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Educational Policy, Theory Practice Relationship
Preschools and Montessori Preschools: A Discussion.
Simons, Jenny – 1980
A comparison of regular preschools and their teachers with Montessori preschools and their teachers is made in order to assess the advisability of introducing Montessori teacher education in an Australian teacher education institution. The comparison involves a discussion of general educational objectives, curriculum, teacher education, the role…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices