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Strong Foundations: Evidence informing practice in early childhood education and care celebrates the progress made by the Australian early childhood education and care profession since the implementation of the Early Years Learning Framework. Recognising this progress, Associate Professor Anna Kilderry and Honorary Professor Bridie Raban lead a team of 33 notable contributors from 11 universities and institutions across Australia, who focus on the challenges of access, equity and quality that remain across the sector. Together with a Foreword by Professor Alison Elliott, Strong Foundations brings together knowledge and insights from research in education, health, social care, child safety, science, mathematics and the arts. The book addresses policy requirements from the Early Years Learning Framework, the National Quality Standard and Quality Improvement Plans and includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. With an emphasis on professional practice expectations, it showcases evidence from Australian and international research and provides case studies of how early childhood educators are applying evidence-informed actions in a wide variety of child care centres and services. Strong Foundations translates high-quality research and supports the everyday practice of early childhood educators and the subsequent long-term outcomes for children in their care, their families and their communities.

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Anna Kilderry is Associate Professor in early childhood education at Deakin University, Melbourne. She has worked in higher education for over 20 years in Australia and the United Kingdom. Anna has published in the areas of early childhood pedagogy, policy and teacher practice, with her work widely cited internationally. Bridie Raban is Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, and previously, a professor in England, Australia and Hong Kong. Bridie's research has been published extensively, including her most recent works, 'Developing self and self-concepts in early childhood education and beyond', and 'Growing up literate' with Associate Professor Janet Scull.

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