Dr Sue Elliott is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New England and specialises in studying early childhood education practices. In this interview we talk about how education is embracing practices like nature-play and play-based learning. This represents a shift away from previous tendencies to “cotton-wool” kids and protect them from any and all risks. Research is showing that the desire to protect kids from experiencing risk may be doing more harm than good in the long run.

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Music: ‘Phat in the Flat’ by Podington Bear (Used under licence - Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0)

Curiosity Built the Boilerhouse follows the journey of a decommissioned industrial building in regional Australia being rebuilt into a children's discovery space. Each episode features an interview with experts in education, STEAM, play-based learning, architecture, design and more! If you are interested in early childhood education, play space design, science centres and children's museums then this is the podcast for you!

This podcast is brought to you by the University of New England

Find out more about the Boilerhouse Discovery Space

Music: ‘Phat in the Flat’ by Podington Bear (Used under licence - Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0)