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Rouse, Elizabeth; Nicholas, Maria; Garner, Rosemarie – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
In 2017, 5019 educators from primary and preschool settings across Victoria, Australia took part in joint professional learning around effective transition to school processes. Upon registering for this professional learning workshop, participants were invited to identify the most significant challenges associated with transition to school. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers
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Mary Clare Relihan; Richard O'Donovan – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2024
Purpose: This conceptual paper explores the complex, and neglected, area of mentor development in initial teacher education (ITE) in Australia. It focuses on the emotionality of mentoring, drawing on concepts of emotional labour and emotional intelligence to develop a framework of effective mentoring that helps explain the essence of a mentor's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Mentors
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Kate Freiberg; Ross Homel; Sara Branch; Jacqueline Allen; Tara Renae McGee; Daniela Vasco; Kathy Haskard – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
The need for a new measure of social-emotional wellbeing for children 6--12 years emerged in our collaboration with schools and community agencies in a disadvantaged region of Brisbane, Australia. Our search for an age-appropriate medium led us to develop "Clowning Around", a computer game generating data which was assessed for validity…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Social Development, Emotional Development
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Patricia Eadie; Penny Levickis; Jane Page; Jane Hunt; Simon Kent; Yi-Ping Tseng; Guyonne Kalb; Jon Quach; Hannah Bryson; Laura McFarland; Hannah Stark – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2024
This paper describes the research protocol for the Educational and Developmental Gains in Early Childhood (EDGE) Study, which will examine the implementation of two years of funded kindergarten prior to the first year of school in Victoria, Australia. EDGE will examine whether children's language, cognitive, social-emotional, and behavioural…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Language Skills
Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2024
To understand which wellbeing programs and practices adopted by early childhood education and care (ECEC) services and schools improve children's outcomes, it is necessary to measure and track children's wellbeing. This research summary shares some preliminary learning from work the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) commissioned on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Child Development, Early Childhood Education
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Kelly, Megan L.; Yeigh, Tony; Hudson, Suzanne; Willis, Royce; Lee, Megan – Australian Educational Researcher, 2023
This article reports on original research investigating the pivotal role that teachers play in student engagement, using a tri-dimensional framework. This framework identifies how teachers' pedagogical choices impact student engagement in ways that influence students' external behaviours, internal emotions and internal cognitions. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Student Behavior, Emotional Development, Cognitive Development
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Ellie Christoffina van Aswegen; Donna Pendergast – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The literature defines curiosity and interest, but it is not clear how interest can be generated, where interest is positioned in the learning process, and what the impact of interest is on cognitive and emotional development. This paper reports on a three-year, iterative design-based research project involving three separate cohorts totalling 57…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Interests
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Rebecca J. Collie; Richard M. Ryan – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
In this study, we investigated perceived social-emotional competence (PSEC) among 373 Australian secondary school students in relation to parent ratings of social-emotional skills, and perceived teacher and parental autonomy support. Using bifactor exploratory structural equation modelling, we examined five dimensions of PSEC (perceived competence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development
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Elspeth McInnes; Victoria Whitington; Bec Neill; Amy Farndale – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
This research examined the conditions under which codesigned approaches to educator professional learning in multilingual, birth to five settings were accessible and supportive of children's social and emotional development across diverse types of Australian early childhood services. The research sites, in the suburbs of a capital city, comprised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Bilingual Students, Children
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Sophie Russell; Jane S. Herbert; Amy L. Bird – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2024
Research has shown links between parent-child emotion reminiscing and socio-emotional outcomes, yet little research has investigated why parents talk about emotions with their children and how this relates to children's development. The purpose of this study was to explore how parents' self-reported goals and observed behavior in emotion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Recall (Psychology)
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Emma J. Carpendale; Melissa J. Green; Sonia L. J. White; Kate E. Williams; Stacy Tzoumakis; Oliver J. Watkeys; Felicity Harris; Kirstie O'Hare; Vaughan J. Carr; Kristin R. Laurens – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2025
Background: The transition from primary to secondary school presents a challenging developmental milestone which often marks a decline in academic performance. Social-emotional skills are recognized as fundamental to academic success but longitudinal research is needed to determine the extent of their association over this transition period. Aim:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Development, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence
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Dimity Franks; Lennie Barblett; Gillian Kirk – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Self-efficacy has been associated with benefits to everyday life such as resilience to stress and adversity, healthy behaviours, improved performance, and academic achievement. Research into self-efficacy development is scarce in early childhood, yet self-efficacy is associated with numerous skills and competencies taught in the early years of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Kindergarten
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Greg Leigh; Teresa Y. C. Ching; Linda Cupples – Volta Review, 2024
This article discusses findings from the first 10 years of the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) Study, which includes more than 450 deaf and hard of hearing Australian children whose hearing losses were identified variously through newborn hearing screening or later paths to confirmation and intervention.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Children
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Vivien Wong; Jae Yup Jung – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2024
The purpose of the study was to investigate how knowledge of giftedness impacts self-concept of gifted adolescents. Guided by Sirgy's (1997) Self Congruity Theory and Shavelson et al.'s (1976) multidimensional hierarchical self-concept model, data collection was undertaken using semi-structured interviews with 11 Australian gifted adolescents and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Self Concept, Adolescents, Parents
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Evelyn Mary-Ann Antony; Nadin Beckmann; Steve Higgins – JCPP Advances, 2025
Background: Recent research has suggested that emotion dysregulation (ED) is a key mechanism which explains the associations between mental health illnesses, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and internalising problems, among youth. However, literature reviews have led to mixed and inconclusive findings on the conceptualisations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Literature Reviews, Review (Reexamination)
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