Episode 10 Is there a silver lining in the budget for early childhood?
In this episode, we look at the recent federal budget and try to look for opportunities to grow as a self-managed profession in terms of the...
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Dr Deborah Harcourt
Taking a critically reflective look at early childhood education and professional practice.
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10 episodesEpisode 9 Educational leader as a respectful challenger
In this episode, we re-imagine the role of educational (or pedagogical) leader as one who is a respectful challenger in order to help us con...
Episode 8 Context as the third teacher
In this episode I explore the idea of moving away from "environment as the third teacher", to context as the third teacher and challenge the...
Episode 7 Are we documenting in an ethical way?
In this episode, we question the ethics of current documentation practices with a focus on a deeper consideration to involving children in d...
Episode 6: Is Reggio Emilia an unreachable star?
In this episode I try to explore the key tenets of Reggio Emilia and ask if in fact, makes this approach to early childhood education unreac...
Episode 5: The family tree vs Identity
In this episode I explore the notion of children's identity and how it might be being railroaded by Familiy trees and portraits.
Episode 4: Documentation fatigue
In this episode I examine what many educators are suffering from: "Documentation fatigue" and try to offer some solutions - loosely under th...
Episode 3: Sacred cows
In this episode I try to explore and rethink some of the most common 'sacred cows' in early childhood - water, sand and playdough.
Episode 2: Identifying quality
In this episode I examine three questions around quality: Can quality look like something? Can quality be branded? How easy is it to put on...
Episode 1: The rush hours
In this first episode we look at "The rush hours: Reclaiming 11-2 for children" and how we might rethink meal and rest times for our younges...