ECIR report 2022-2023

 Here is a summary of the outputs of the ECIR team in mid 2022-mid 2023 

• Grants: $5.7million awarded 
• Journal articles: 55 accepted + 16 submitted 
• Conference papers: 59 presented/accepted for presentation (+18 conference workshops/seminars etc) + 4 submitted 
• Book chapters: 29 published/in press + 1 submitted 
• Books: 3 published/in press + 1 under contract 
• Conference proceedings: 1 published
• High level of community engagement: 3 events hosted/training delivered, 22 media coverages, 4 media contributions, social media profile, 5 public lectures/presentations, 19 community consultations. 
• Members well recognised for their achievements: 3 individual and 1 group awards, leadership/membership of professional associations and editorial boards, invited working party and advisory participants. 
• 2 PhD completions and 2 PhD submissions by ECIR members, HDR support to 17 students.

Sheena Elwick and Lysa Dealtry publish ORICL feasibility study

 Congratulations ECIR members Sheena Elwick and Lysa Dealtry on publication of the article “Feasibility and potential benefits of the Observe, Reflect, Improve Children's Learning (ORICL) Tool: Perspectives of infant-toddler educators” in the Australasian Journal of Early Childhood.

ORICL is a new tool for Australian early childhood education and care policy-makers, practitioners, and service providers to support infant–toddler educators to observe, reflect on, assess, and improve the quality of individual children’s learning experiences.

Q1 publication for Carmen Huser

The European Early Childhood Education Research Journal has been upgraded to a quartile 1 (Q1) ranking. Congratulations ECIR member Carmen Huser on your article  ‘Young Children’s Assent and Dissent in Research: Agency, Privacy and Relationships within Ethical Research Spaces’ in this journal.