Centre Research
The Centre focuses on improving equity and social justice for young
children and their families through interlinked processes of research,
publication, resource development and professional learning and development.These
processes frame the Centre’s work and link it to the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the University’s mission.
Research
The Centre’s research explores and promotes social justice, children’s
rights and progressive social change in diverse formal and non-formal
educational settings. Its activities and projects rest on research
that has an emphasis on collaborative, action-oriented and field-based
approaches to innovation and equity. The Centre’s research program
drives its approach to social justice, children’s rights and
progressive social change. Research is considered a process through
which ideas and practices can be developed, tested, theorised, critiqued
and reconstructed in order to inform and create progressive social
change. International transfer of the CEIEC’s research output
is a key test of its value.
Publication
The CEIEC publishes its research outcomes in a variety of media to
cater for diverse audiences that include practitioners, policy-makers,
academics, students and human rights advocates. Its in-house publications
include a fully refereed international on-line journal, a quarterly
newsletter, occasional Equity Issues Papers, quarterly Member’s
Briefing Papers and e-publications including a CD ROM and project-based
websites. The Centre also publishes its work in commercial publications,
scholarly journals and in diverse professional publication. Publications
for each project are listed in this report.
Resource development
The development strategies employed by the Centre translate research
outcomes into resources and training programmes that practitioners,
trainers and policy makers can use to support change processes in their
sphere of influence. Resources are developed in each research program
to offer practical tools to support innovation.
Professional learning and development
The CEIEC draws on its research programs to offer a series
of seminars, workshops, publications and other means to disseminate
what is learnt through its research. Professional development programs
also assist in research dissemination. The Centre conducts training
programs, action learning projects and international learning exchanges
that draw on its research.
Graduate supervision and teaching of award and non-award courses extends
the Centre’s research program as research graduates actively
participate and/or manage components of the Centre’s research
agenda. Most graduate students are linked closely with one of the CEIEC’s
research programs. Internal seminars enable graduate students and research
associates to present and discuss their work in a collegial environment.
The seminars involve a range of academic and industry/community/education
speakers and are publicised outside the University.
Research Programs
The CEIEC currently has 3 active research programs. They are:
Student Research
Postgraduate research is a key facet of the work of the CEIEC. There
is an active and growing post-graduate research program through which
Masters and Doctoral students make a major contribution leading-edge
research on equity, children's rights and innovative practices and
policies in early childhood education.
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