Early childhood

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is leading an exciting new project to develop a national tool to understand children’s learning and development and to support preschool teachers’ and educators’ professional learning and practice.

Children who understand the world with a mind enriched by the habit of scientific inquiry have a gift that keeps on giving, Gayl O’Connor believes. That’s why the former biology teacher is helping educators to ‘tap into children’s natural curiosity’ and set the wheels in motion.

A new ACER resource will help educators navigate difficult conversations with families.

New study in Southeast Asia finds positive links between students’ reading skills and their attitudes towards global sustainability issues.  

Differences in priorities and the language used to describe teaching and learning in early childhood and school are hurdles to children’s development, a conference in Sydney next week will hear.

ACER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Parker gave a keynote presentation to launch a series of STEM playful learning workshops in St Louis in August.