Thought Leadership

By Victoria McDowell After pausing to reflect on Children's Week this week, and reading the article by Karen Hope on The Sector, I am reminded of the power and influence young children have on our ...

On this page What is Vygotsky's Theory? Vygotsky's Concept of More Knowledgable Other (MKO) Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) Elementary Mental Functions Social Influences and Cognitive ...

All early childhood services across Australia are required to engage in processes of continuous quality improvement to ensure all aspects of practice meet a benchmark of quality to ensure positive ...

Key Points Gowrie NSW are excited to host Educators from Hilltop Institute in Seattle who will facilitate a series of thought-provoking webinars this year. For the first webinar in April – Educators ...

Key Points The role of a critical friend is based on the recognition that hard truths, emotionally difficult topics, and performance reviews can be hard to receive when there is a power differential. ...

Key Points Play isn’t just one thing. It changes over time as children master new skills and reach new stages in their development. Play is chasing a butterfly around the garden as much as it is ...

Key Points Critical friends help you address and improve practice Cirlce of Support (CoS) and its impact on practice - bringing together early childhood educators as critical friends together within ...

Jean Piaget was born into a very different world than the one we live in today. At the time he started his work in the early 20th century, it was widely accepted that children were simply small ...

Have you ever looked at a bunch of pine cones and thought about how they would make the perfect bodies for a family of hedgehogs? Or seen the potential in a bunch of sticks, rocks and leaves to ...