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Practice resource

Early childhood learning trajectories

This collection of AERO’s Early Childhood Learning Trajectories is designed for teachers and educators working in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for children in the years before school. It can support ongoing professional learning for individuals and entire ECEC services and teams.
Video

Introduction to Early Childhood Learning Trajectories

This video introduces AERO's Early Childhood Learning Trajectories, freely available evidence-based resources for use alongside the EYLF 2.0 assessment and planning cycle. Early childhood education and care service teams can use these resources to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.
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Executive functions: Trajectory

This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory video outlines children’s progress in executive functions. It can be used alongside the EYLF 2.0 assessment and planning cycle to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.
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Language and communication: Trajectory

This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory video outlines children’s progress in language and communication. It can be used alongside the EYLF V2.0 assessment and planning cycle to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.
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Mathematical thinking: Trajectory

This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory video outlines children’s progress in mathematical thinking. It can be used alongside the EYLF 2.0 assessment and planning cycle to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.
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Physical development: Trajectory

This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory video outlines children’s progress in physical development. It can be used alongside the EYLF 2.0 assessment and planning cycle to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.
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Social and emotional learning: Trajectory

This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory video outlines children’s progress in social and emotional learning. It can be used alongside the EYLF 2.0 assessment and planning cycle to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.
Discussion paper

Strengthening the evidence on how GenAI can improve teaching and learning

This discussion paper identifies 5 priority research projects about generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools in education and invites the education research community to partner with us. Working together we can better understand how to harness GenAI tools to reverse growing inequity in student learning outcomes.
Research summary

​​Measuring wellbeing and belonging in children aged 3 to 8 years​

To understand which wellbeing programs and practices adopted by early childhood education and care (ECEC) services and schools improve children’s outcomes, it is necessary to measure and track children’s wellbeing. This research summary shares some preliminary learning from work the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) commissioned on developing wellbeing and belonging measures for children aged 3 to 8 years.
Practice guide

Choosing reading assessments in MTSS

This practice guide explains how to select and administer student reading assessments in an MTSS approach, including identifying important criteria when choosing reading assessments. It’s the third part of a series of guidance created in partnership with DSF.
Practice resource

Example reading assessment tools in MTSS

This practice resource provides examples of reading assessments Australian secondary schools can use in an MTSS framework. It forms part of a series of guidance created in partnership with DSF.