‘Out of the loop’: early childhood educators gaining confidence with unfamiliar policy discourse Kilderry, Anna, Nolan, Andrea and Scott, Caroline 2016, ‘Out of the loop’: early childhood educators gaining confidence with unfamiliar policy discourse, Early years, vol. In Press, pp. 1-14, doi: 10.1080/09575146.2016.1183595. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title ‘Out of the loop’: early childhood educators gaining confidence with unfamiliar policy discourse Author(s) Kilderry, Anna orcid.org/0000-0003-1692-8498 Nolan, Andrea orcid.org/0000-0003-3519-6317 Scott, Caroline Journal name Early years Volume number In Press Start page 1 End page 14 Total pages 14 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016 ISSN 0957-5146 1472-4421 Keyword(s) Early childhood education teaching children's agency pedagogy National Quality s tandard Summary It has been seven years since the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) was introduced in Australia and four years since the National Quality Standard (NQS) was implemented. To gain insight into how educators are understanding practice in the Australian early childhood and care context, the study draws on a praxeological frame where educators have the opportunity to inquire and critically reflect on practice in a supported research environment. Data were analysed using critical discourse analysis, enabling a close examination of participant reflections and understandings about practice. Findings reveal that educators are confident when describing their teaching using familiar educational discourse, whereas educators were apprehensive when confronted with new and unfamiliar concepts. The third finding illustrates the ways educators gain confidence with unfamiliar policy discourse. The study’s findings add to limited empirical evidence about how early childhood educators understand key concepts introduced by the EYLF and NQS. Language eng DOI 10.1080/09575146.2016.1183595 Field of Research 1301 Education Systems 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl Maori) Socio Economic Objective 930201 Pedagogy HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30084478 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to In Press version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 29 Jun 2016, 10:02:27 EST Wed, 29 Jun 2016, 13:38:48 EST Wed, 29 Jun 2016, 14:47:53 EST Mon, 15 Aug 2016, 15:14:11 EST Fri, 19 Aug 2016, 15:50:12 EST Tue, 20 Sep 2016, 12:05:55 EST Tue, 29 Nov 2016, 14:55:27 EST Wed, 01 Mar 2017, 08:09:11 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 13:44:54 EST Mon, 26 Jun 2017, 13:33:11 EST Fri, 15 Sep 2017, 13:25:26 EST Mon, 18 Sep 2017, 08:17:54 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 44 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 29 Jun 2016, 10:02:27 EST

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