In this episode I try to explore and rethink some of the most common 'sacred cows' in early childhood - water, sand and playdough.

Episode 3: Sacred cows

Taking a critically reflective look at early childhood education and professional practice.

Education

Training

Language Courses

Higher Education

K-12

Educational Technology

In this episode, we look at the recent federal budget and try to look for opportunities to grow as a self-managed profession in terms of the quality of our work with children.

Episode 10 Is there a silver lining in the budget for early childhood?

In this episode, we re-imagine the role of educational (or pedagogical) leader as one who is a respectful challenger in order to help us confront ideas and make the familiar strange.

Episode 9 Educational leader as a respectful challenger

In this episode I explore the idea of moving away from "environment as the third teacher", to context as the third teacher and challenge the idea that environments for children need to be more of the same from a catalogue.

Episode 8 Context as the third teacher

In this episode, we question the ethics of current documentation practices with a focus on a deeper consideration to involving children in deciding what is significant and what is made visible for others to see.

Episode 7 Are we documenting in an ethical way?

In this episode I try to explore the key tenets of Reggio Emilia and ask if in fact, makes this approach to early childhood education unreachable for most.

Episode 3: Sacred cows

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