Professional Learning in Early Childhood: Lessons from the KidsMatter Mental Health Initiative

Rosalind Murray-Harvey; Helen Askell-Williams

Professional Learning in Early Childhood: Lessons from the KidsMatter Mental Health Initiative

Rosalind Murray-Harvey, Helen Askell-Williams

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Abstract

This paper evaluates staff’s perspectives about their professional learning during the KidsMatter mental health promotion initiative in 111 selected Australian early childhood (EC) centres. Mental health promotion is a relatively new curriculum area. Furthermore, professional learning itself is a new undertaking for many EC staff. Data for this study included (1) Staff questionnaires collected at four time points (2) Staff feedback about the professional learning and (3) Facilitators’ reports on the
quality of implementation of the KidsMatter initiative.

Original language	English
Pages	1004-1005
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	15th Biennial Conference EARLI 2013: "Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning" - Munich, Germany Duration: 27 Aug 2013 → 31 Aug 2013

Conference

Conference	15th Biennial Conference EARLI 2013
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	27/08/13 → 31/08/13

Keywords

Early Childhood
KidsMatter
Mental Health

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Professional Learning in Early Childhood: Lessons from the KidsMatter Mental Health Initiative

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