Insights into Implementation in Early Childhood Education and Care 2025: AERO's Learning about Implementing Evidence-Based Practices from Partnerships with Services
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| Title: | Insights into Implementation in Early Childhood Education and Care 2025: AERO's Learning about Implementing Evidence-Based Practices from Partnerships with Services |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Angela Chng, Katey De Gioia, Kate Griffiths, Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) (Australia) |
| Source: | Australian Education Research Organisation Limited. 2025. |
| Availability: | Australian Education Research Organisation Limited. e-mail: info@edresearch.edu.au; Web site: https://www.edresearch.edu.au/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Program Implementation, Evidence Based Practice, Partnerships in Education, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Preschools, Role Perception, Leadership |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| ISBN: | 978-1-923066-67-0 |
| Abstract: | The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) acknowledges the need for a deeper understanding of the implementation process in early childhood education and care (ECEC) -- that is, a better understanding of the missing link between evidence-based practices and improved teacher and educator practice, and outcomes for children. Effective implementation in ECEC, as in other settings, involves more than simply adopting a new idea or the introduction of a new resource. It requires embedding planned meaningful and sustainable change that is responsive to the unique context of each service. AERO has partnered with a small number of family day care, preschools and long day care services across New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania to learn about the use of a deliberate and structured approach to implementation to deepen the evidence-based practice of assessment for learning. Drawing on feedback from teachers, educators, Implementation Coordinators (service leaders) and AERO Implementation Consultants, this paper highlights 5 key insights into the implementation of evidence-based practice in ECEC. They are: (1) Service context influences implementation; (2) Role clarity and purposeful, collaborative leadership support implementation; (3) Finding your 'why' gains buy-in for implementation; (4) Adopting a structured approach helps to sustain implementation; and (5) Establishing and facilitating supportive relationships advances implementation. These insights offer evidence-informed perspectives for leaders seeking to strengthen the implementation of evidence-based practices in their services. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED677933 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) acknowledges the need for a deeper understanding of the implementation process in early childhood education and care (ECEC) -- that is, a better understanding of the missing link between evidence-based practices and improved teacher and educator practice, and outcomes for children. Effective implementation in ECEC, as in other settings, involves more than simply adopting a new idea or the introduction of a new resource. It requires embedding planned meaningful and sustainable change that is responsive to the unique context of each service. AERO has partnered with a small number of family day care, preschools and long day care services across New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania to learn about the use of a deliberate and structured approach to implementation to deepen the evidence-based practice of assessment for learning. Drawing on feedback from teachers, educators, Implementation Coordinators (service leaders) and AERO Implementation Consultants, this paper highlights 5 key insights into the implementation of evidence-based practice in ECEC. They are: (1) Service context influences implementation; (2) Role clarity and purposeful, collaborative leadership support implementation; (3) Finding your 'why' gains buy-in for implementation; (4) Adopting a structured approach helps to sustain implementation; and (5) Establishing and facilitating supportive relationships advances implementation. These insights offer evidence-informed perspectives for leaders seeking to strengthen the implementation of evidence-based practices in their services. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-923066-67-0 |
