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The Role and Influence of Educational Leaders in Centres Rated as Providing High Quality Early Childhood Educational Programs
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Zhou, Ashley; Fenech, Marianne – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
Despite the role pedagogical leadership plays in quality early childhood education and care services, limited research to date has explored the appointment and enactment of educational leaders in Australia. This qualitative study explored the role and influence of two educational leaders in a high-quality rated service. Findings revealed that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Leadership, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Role
Ongoing Quality Improvement in the Context of the National Quality Framework: Exploring the Perspectives of Educators in 'Working Towards' Services
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Togher, Melissa; Fenech, Marianne – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Early childhood services in Australia that receive a 'Working Towards' quality rating are expected to engage in continuous quality improvement. This qualitative study investigated this expectation by exploring the experiences of educators in Working Towards services. The study implemented a social constructivist research design and involved…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Child Care, Educational Improvement
Employers' Perspectives of How Well Prepared Early Childhood Teacher Graduates Are to Work in Early Childhood Education and Care Services
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Boyd, Wendy; Wong, Sandie; Fenech, Marianne; Mahony, Linda; Warren, Jane; Lee, I.-Fang; Cheeseman, Sandra – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
With an unprecedented number of children in early childhood education and care in Australia, demand for early childhood teachers is increasing. This demand is in the context of recognition of the importance of the early years and increasing requirements for more highly qualified early childhood teachers under the National Quality Framework.…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs
Using Metaphor to Illuminate Quality in Early Childhood Education
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Fenech, Marianne; Harrison, Linda J.; Press, Fran; Sumsion, Jennifer – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
This paper reports on a study in which educators from four early childhood centres used metaphor to discuss their provision of high-quality early childhood education. Qualitative mining of focus group data confirmed 'quality' to be complex, multi-dimensional and value-laden. Findings contribute to understandings of quality in early childhood…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Figurative Language, Educational Quality, Facilitators (Individuals)