Early childhood educators' wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic

P Eadie, P Levickis, L Murray, J Page, C Elek… - Early childhood …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The importance of Early Childhood (EC) educators' wellbeing has been brought
into sharp focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, as educators have navigated numerous …

Translating neuroscience to early childhood education: A sco** review of neuroscience-based professional learning for early childhood educators

K Walsh, L L'Estrange, R Smith, T Burr… - Educational Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past 20 years there has been a growing international focus within early childhood
education sectors on the potential benefits of neuroscience-informed approaches. This has …

Cultural diversity in the Australian early childhood education workforce: What do we know, what don't we know and why is it important?

S Gide, S Wong, F Press… - Australasian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reviews current literature and research relevant to the Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Early Childhood Education (ECE) workforce in Australia …

Attracting, retaining and sustaining early childhood teachers: An ecological conceptualisation of workforce issues and future research directions

M Fenech, S Wong, W Boyd, M Gibson, H Watt… - The Australian …, 2022 - Springer
A well-qualified, well-paid, stable workforce with high psychological and emotional
wellbeing is critical to the provision of quality early childhood education and care, yet …

Work demands and work resources: Testing a model of factors predicting turnover intentions in early childhood education

C Heilala, M Kalland, M Lundkvist, M Forsius… - Early Childhood …, 2021 - Springer
We studied the working conditions in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). The aim
was to explore how ECEC staff experience work demands and resources and how these …

From struggling to flourishing and thriving: Optimizing educator wellbeing within the Australian education context

R Hine, P Patrick, E Berger, Z Diamond… - Teaching and Teacher …, 2022 - Elsevier
Educators' wellbeing is inextricably linked to their capacity to teach and care for children. In
this context, many factors may support or hinder educator wellbeing. This study identified …

Supporting educator well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of leadership in early childhood education and care organisations

H Logan, L McFarland, T Cumming… - Australasian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The goal of this qualitative study was to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
on early childhood educators' well-being in Australia and to identify strategies for supporting …

The impact of empowering leadership on preschool teachers' job well-being in the context of COVID-19: A perspective based on job demands-resources model

L Nong, JH Ye, JC Hong - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 epidemic in the early 2020s is making a big difference for educators around
the world. For the past 2 years, the curriculum and working patterns have been overturned in …

Early childhood educators' well-being, work environments and 'quality': Possibilities for changing policy and practice

T Cumming, S Wong, H Logan - Australasian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A child's right to high quality education not only relies on a competent and skilled workforce,
but one in which educators are well. Supporting a well workforce requires governments …

Support to stay and thrive: Map** challenges faced by Australia's early years educators to the national workforce strategy 2022–2031

K Thorpe, N Panthi, S Houen, M Horwood… - The Australian …, 2024 - Springer
In response to a workforce crisis, Australia's early childhood education and care workforce
strategy for the next decade, Sha** our Future, was released in September 2021. This …