Research

Beginning in 2023, this research partnership is co-located in two ECMS Early Learning Centres. With academic mentor Dr Katherine Bussey, the aim is to build internal capability to assess and improve birth to three practices.

Beginning in 2022, this research engages with ‘anti-bias approaches’ to reconfigure how our organisation can become ‘critically inclusive’. This whole organisational change research project begins ‘with place’ and is led by Dr Red Ruby Scarlet.

This is an Indigenous-led research project with a vision of connecting every child in Australia with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems, histories, and cultures. Based on the needs of our people, this research will produce resources and professional learning for teaching teams across the country.

The Educational and Developmental Gains in Early Childhood (EDGE) study is a five-year evaluation of the state-wide rollout of Three-Year-Old Kindergarten in Victoria. It will provide much-needed evidence and research on the impact of kindergarten on children’s outcomes and on how to achieve an equitable and impactful system.

This research project aims to create assessment tools, including a learning progression, for teaching teams to use in their day-to-day practice. This will help them better understand children’s development, support teaching teams, and communicate children’s learning and growth.

This research is an essential part of the lead up to the Preschool Outcome Measure (POM) being released in 2025.

A longstanding research partnership, beginning in 2019 and concluding in 2024, this research will significantly impact the way professional teacher placements are conducted and how, as a sector, we can support both Mentor Teachers and Pre-Service Teachers to ensure best practice and positive outcomes for children.

Read about what the project has discovered over the last four years here.