Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0664191

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0664191

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Enhancing quality in long day care: Investigating professional beliefes and practices of child care workers. The Commonwealth Government's National Agenda for Early Childhood recognises the importance of quality of staff in children's services to ensure overall program quality. This research focuses on the vocational training for child care workers. It advances knowledge about how contextual and personal factors contribute to the development of epistemological beliefs about teaching in early education that enables child care workers to become more critical and reflective practitioners. The research recognises the directions of the National Strategy for Vocational Education and Training, 2004 -2010 which emphasise that vocational education needs to provide skills and knowledge which enhance employability and lifelong learning.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 10-10-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $196,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Educational Psychology | Teacher Education: Early Childhood | Specialist Studies in Education | Educational Policy, Administration And Management

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Vocational education and training | Early childhood education | Education policy |

Other Keywords

Early childhood education | Education policy | Educational Policy, Administration And Management | Educational Psychology | Specialist Studies in Education | Teacher Education: Early Childhood | Vocational education and training

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