All posts by Collette Tayler

COLLETTE TAYLER holds the Chair in Early Childhood Education and Care in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Collette conducts local and cross-national studies of the ways that social, family and educational policies and practices affect early childhood education and care outcomes. Her work addresses program access and engagement; public and private investments; program standards and quality; the curriculum and pedagogy applied in different services; leadership and staff development; child and family involvement and program outcomes. Her research seeks to explain both universal principles and contextual variations needed to provide exemplary care and education for young children.

Access to effective early learning programs is not easy

Posted on August 17, 2016 by and

Australian families most in need of high-quality early learning environments that make a positive difference to development outcomes have access to fewer, and often lower quality, programs. This E4Kids study finding poses particular policy and program implementation challenges related to serving families from low socioeconomic status (SES) neighbourhoods. These families experience a form of double […]

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