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Gabrielle Sinclair, CEO of the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), provides insight into 'what works' for continuous quality improvement in early childhood education and care.

Our experiences in the early years shape the developing brain, laying foundations for lifelong learning and resilience.

This research collects information from educators, teachers and leaders working in ECEC about the place research and evidence has in their professional practice.

Findings from AERO’s recent survey help us to understand how early childhood teachers, early childhood directors, school teachers and school leaders use evidence in their work.

ECEC services often have cultures of sharing and discussing evidence, but less support is available for early childhood educators to actively change their practice based on evidence.  

This national research snapshot collects evidence on evidence use in Australian early childhood education and care (ECEC) services.

Partnering with Learning First, we investigated issues influencing the effective use of evidence in policy development through a desktop review and interviews with senior policymakers.

Partnering with Learning First, we investigated issues influencing the effective use of evidence in policy development through a desktop review and interviews with senior policymakers.

Schools and services often have cultures of sharing and discussing evidence, but less support exists for practitioners to actively change their practice based on evidence.

Our national survey has found that Australian schools often have cultures of sharing and discussing evidence, but less support is available for teachers to actively change their practice based on evidence.

Summary of AERO's national snapshot providing a baseline of how evidence is used by teachers and leaders across Australian schools.