Critical reflection is more than a compliance requirement under the National Quality Framework, it is a powerful tool for growth, accountability, and improved outcomes across early childhood education ...

Quality standards have meaning only when compliance with them results in improved practice among a significant percentage of programs and practitioners. Results come from a combination of factors -- ...

The principal’s next question was more probing. “Why did you leave your previous school?” “The school wanted me to be a mechanical, or rather, ‘robotic’ teacher,” was the candid reply. “I didn’t feel ...