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Attracting, Retaining and Sustaining Early Childhood Teachers: An Ecological Conceptualisation of Workforce Issues and Future Research Directions
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Fenech, Marianne; Wong, Sandie; Boyd, Wendy; Gibson, Megan; Watt, Helen; Richardson, Paul – Australian Educational Researcher, 2022
A well-qualified, well-paid, stable workforce with high psychological and emotional wellbeing is critical to the provision of quality early childhood education and care, yet workforce shortages and high turnover persist in Australia and internationally. This paper uses ecological theory to conceptualise and make sense of findings from research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
Quality Early Childhood Education through Self, Workplace, or Regulatory Support: Exploring the Efficacy of Professional Registration for Early Childhood Teachers in Australia
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Fenech, Marianne; Watt, Helen – Australian Educational Researcher, 2023
Teacher registration is increasingly utilised as a governance mechanism to audit teachers' work and drive professional practice. There is limited and mixed empirical evidence, however, as to whether registration drives teaching quality. Our study extends this limited empirical base by critically examining the policy trajectory in Australia to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Educational Policy, Professional Identity
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
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
Early Childhood Education and Care in the App Generation: Digital Documentation, Assessment for Learning and Parent Communication
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Stratigos, Tina; Fenech, Marianne – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
While early childhood educators' use of digital applications (apps) to document children's experiences and support parent communication is increasing, there is limited empirical research about the impact of these applications on children's experiences and educators' practices. This article provides a critical analysis of the findings from this…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Early Childhood Teachers
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)