Back to VCAA Bulletin No. 54 - November 2019
Order a printed copy of the Learning Practice Guide
Print copies of the
Learning Practice Guide are now available. This practice guide is part of the VCAA’s series of literature reviews and practice guides about the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF).
Written by Dr Jen Jackson and Kate Noble (Mitchell Institute, Victoria University), Dr Jeanne Marine Iorio (College of Arts and Education, Victoria University) and Dr Dan Cloney and Pru Mitchell (Australian Council for Educational Research), the Learning Practice Guide will help professionals engage with key concepts of the VEYLDF, particularly the Learning and Development Outcome: ‘Children are confident and involved learners’.
The first section of the guide reminds early childhood professionals of the theory and pedagogy that underpins day-to-day practice, and helps them find ways to recognise children’s confidence and involvement in learning as a key component of their professional practice.
The second section describes scenarios to prompt professional reflection. These scenarios illustrate ways in which early childhood professionals can improve their practice in relation to this Learning and Development Outcome.
Watch videos of Dr Jen Jackson and Dr Dan Cloney discussing the assessment of children’s
learning.
To order a copy of the Learning Practice Guide, contact the Early Years Unit:
veyldf@edumail.vic.gov.au.
Coming up in the VEYLDF Learning and Development Outcomes series: Identity and Community
In early 2020, the VCAA will publish the final parts of its series focusing on the five VEYLDF Learning and Development Outcomes:
- Children have a strong sense of identity.
- Children are connected with and contribute to their worlds.
- Children have a strong sense of
wellbeing.
- Children are confident and involved learners.
- Children are effective communicators.
The five Outcomes provide a common language to support collaborative approaches between professionals and with children and families to build continuity across early years settings and programs for children from birth to eight years.
The literature review and practice guide focusing on the Outcome ‘Children have a strong sense of identity’ will be published between January and February 2020, and those focusing on the Outcome ‘Children are connected with and contribute to their worlds’ will be published between March and
June 2020.
These resources are designed to assist Victorian early childhood professionals to implement the VEYLDF.
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Early Years Alert to receive a notification when these resources are
available.