Suggested readings


The relationship between documentation and assessment

Carlina Rinaldi, 2004

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E4kids Report (Effective Early Educational Experiences - An Australian longitudinal study)

Collette Tayler and the E4kids research team, 2017


Building a culture of collaboration

Johanson & Kuh, 2013

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Critical Friends.pdf
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Developing professionalism through reflective practice and ongoing professional development

Josephine Bleach, 2014

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building a professional team.pdf
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General Comment Number 12

United Nations, 2009

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CRC-C-GC-12.pdf
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Documentation

Wendy Shepherd, 2017

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Documentation Rattler.pdf
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What's pedagogy anyway? Using pedagogical documentation to engage with the Early Years Learning Framework.

Fleet, Honig, Robertson, Semann & Shepherd, 2011 

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Whats-Pedagogy-Anyway.pdf
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Loose parts : A start up guide

Fairy Dust Teaching, 2017

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Loose+Parts+Start-Up+Guide.pdf
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Melbourne declaration on educational goals for young Australians.

Ministerial Council on Education, Training and Youth Affairs, 2008

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Being, belonging and becoming: Early Years Learning Framework for Australia

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations for the Council of Australian Governments, 2009

 

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Final EYLF Framework Report - WEB.pdf
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Online resources

Deborah is interviewed on the Early Education Show on Quality and the role of "Flying Squads"



Texts and others

The Rinaldi Report: Re-imagining Childhood

 Carla Rinaldi

 

 Download a copy from http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/rinaldiflipbook/

Children's Rights Learning Book

 Deborah Harcourt

 

 This is a book that resulted from a research project with 4 and 5 year old children who wanted to share their knowledge and understanding with others. A great resource for teachers and parents and those who would like to know what children think about rights.


Doing Ethical Research with Children

Jonathon Sargeant and Deborah Harcourt

 

This book provides a step by step guide to approaching your research project and will support you in developing, conducting and disseminating research relating to children and childhood with an ethical imperative.

Researching Young Children's Perspectives

Deborah Harcourt, Bob Perry and Tim Waller

 

This book critically examines the challenges and complexities of rights based, participatory research with children. Rather than approaching these dilemmas as problematic, this book positions them as important topics for discussion and reflection.


Other publications from Deborah Harcourt

In conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama