Early Childhood Australia National Conference 2021- Virtual

Sep 06, 2021 - Sep 09, 2021

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane.

qld

Early Childhood Australia National Conference 2021- Virtual

Sep 6 2021 - Sep 9 2021

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Young Citizens: the right to play, learn and be heard is the theme for Early Childhood Australia’s (ECA) National Conference, to be held in Brisbane, Queensland, from 21 - 24 April 2021.

In 2021 we celebrate young children as citizens with rights. Throughout this conference we will explore how we respect and support those rights – particularly through play, play based pedagogy and child-informed practice. This builds on the QLD Branches leadership in the development of the 2014 Statement of Intent on Children’s Rights in Early Education and Care and over 60 years of celebrating ‘Under Eights Week’.

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