2022 AJEC Research Symposium

We invite early childhood practitioners, researchers, leaders, academics and students to exchange ideas, innovative research methodologies and findings. The symposium will also discuss the latest research and pedagogical practice from the longest-running and most highly regarded academic journal produced by ECA, the Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC).

This virtual research symposium will explore the notion of embracing challenge in early childhood research within the following streams:

Multiple pedagogies for play and learning
The future of the early childhood workforce
Exploring change: Children, families and professionals
Theory, methodology and research innovation.

The 2022 AJEC Research Symposium will include:

keynote presentations based on the theme of Embracing challenge: Research in early childhood
panel discussions providing themed provocations for researchers and interested stakeholders
roundtable discussions—sharing and debating research evidence, theoretical perspectives and methods
two additional presentation formats, namely Symposium presentations and Provocations.

We welcome students, academics, researchers and practitioners at all levels from around the world to participate and come together to share cutting-edge knowledge and forge research networks in Australasia and beyond.