- Professor Collette Tayler
Chair of Early Childhood Education and Care, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Prescription for developing a child’s mind
How we interact with children during play can boost their cognitive development, but parents and educators need support to help them get it right.
Instructional teaching explained
Instructional teaching, or intentional teaching, can boost future learning and development. This is how it works.
Toddlers need books, and lots of conversation
Children as young as two or three who fall behind their peers may never catch up without targeted early childhood education interventions, research shows.
Teaching children through play? It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3
For the first time, a significant study shows parents and educators how to interact with young babies and children to maximise their educational outcomes