Early childhood educators are not ‘babysitters’. What do their jobs really involve?
- Written by: Victoria Minson, Lecturer and Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five Years) (Accelerated) Course Coordinator, Australian Catholic University
There is a new push to make early education and care more affordable for Australian families. The Productivity Commission is due to hand a major report to the federal government at the end of June on how to give all children under five access to three days of early education a week.
But as the draft report notes, this goal “cannot be...
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