Research confirms that a focus on restoring the well-being of educators is vital to deliver the gains promised by huge new investments in early childhood learning and care.
Articles on Early childhood workforce
Displaying all articles
The pandemic highlighted Australia’s reliance on early childhood educators, while adding to their existing stresses. A study of how educators fared identifies three key factors in their well-being.
They’re among the lowest-paid in the country but are working many hours unpaid to meet the demands of accreditation. With 73% wanting to leave the profession in the next three years, change is needed.
In 2009, Australian governments made an agreement to provide all four-year-olds with access to preschool delivered by a trained teacher from 2013. We’re a long way from this goal.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor in the Early Childhood Education, University of New England
-
Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
-
Research Fellow, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
-
Associate Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Research Fellow, REEaCh (Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood) Hub, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Research Fellow, Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, University of the Sunshine Coast
-
Professor & Director of REEaCh (Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood) Hub, The University of Melbourne
-
Research Fellow in Statistics and Developmental Psychology, The University of Queensland
-
Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
-
Amelia Church is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
-
Research Fellow, REEaCh (Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood) Hub, The University of Melbourne