TY - JOUR
T1 - Educating professionals who will work with children in the early years
T2 - An evidence-informed interdisciplinary framework
AU - Grant, Julian
AU - Gregoric, Carolyn
AU - Jovanovic, Jessie
AU - Parry, Yvonne
AU - Walsh, Kerryann
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The first five years of a child’s life are irrefutably important, establishing life-long health, social and economic outcomes. To optimize these outcomes, global policy is directing professionals from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to work more collaboratively than ever before with children in the early years. Such collaborations have proven problematic as individual disciplines and pre-service education requirements vary widely. Using Community-Based Participatory Research and Diffusion of Innovation approaches, this study aimed to develop an educational framework for professionals working with children in the early years and their families, to begin a cultural change for interdisciplinary collaboration and participation across the early years. Systematic reviews, modified Delphi rounds and focus groups identified the diverse demands of multiple professions, qualification levels and workforce agendas, as well as highlighting shared outcomes, knowledge and intentions across disciplines.
AB - The first five years of a child’s life are irrefutably important, establishing life-long health, social and economic outcomes. To optimize these outcomes, global policy is directing professionals from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to work more collaboratively than ever before with children in the early years. Such collaborations have proven problematic as individual disciplines and pre-service education requirements vary widely. Using Community-Based Participatory Research and Diffusion of Innovation approaches, this study aimed to develop an educational framework for professionals working with children in the early years and their families, to begin a cultural change for interdisciplinary collaboration and participation across the early years. Systematic reviews, modified Delphi rounds and focus groups identified the diverse demands of multiple professions, qualification levels and workforce agendas, as well as highlighting shared outcomes, knowledge and intentions across disciplines.
KW - Early years
KW - higher education framework
KW - interdisciplinary professional work
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U2 - 10.1080/09575146.2018.1488819
DO - 10.1080/09575146.2018.1488819
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049633450
SN - 0957-5146
VL - 41
SP - 48
EP - 63
JO - Early Years: an international journal of research and development
JF - Early Years: an international journal of research and development
IS - 1
ER -