Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101238

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101238

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Investigating educator-infant talk and infant-peer interactions in Long Day Care. Very young children’s participation in language rich experiences form a foundation for their subsequent learning and wellbeing. Most studies focus on mother-child interactions but this project analyses the conditions for rich interactions in long day care centres, specifically educator-infant talk and infant-peer communication. High quality infant childcare can provide a buffer against social and educational disadvantage and, with one in four Australian infants attending long day care centres, our findings will provide evidence-based knowledge to support best practice in infant pedagogy and curriculum. Strategies to promote the best possible infant care and education will ultimately strengthen our nation’s human capital.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2014

End Date: 30-06-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $258,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Early Childhood Education (excl. Māori) | Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics | Education Systems |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Equity and Access to Education | Learner and Learning Processes

Other Keywords

Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics | Early Childhood Education (excl. Māori) | Education Systems | Equity and Access to Education | Learner and Learning Processes

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