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Unlocking Hidden Resources: Rethinking Early Childhood Education in Resource-Scarce Contexts

Posted 23rd June 2026

Guest post by Lesley Wood and Mariëtte Koen Across the globe, early childhood education (ECE) is widely recognised as the foundation for lifelong learning, well-being, and sustainable development. Yet in many resource-scarce contexts, achieving high-quality and sustainable provision remains a pressing challenge. Our upcoming EECERA presentation offers a different perspective that moves beyond deficit views…

Rethinking Reflection in Early Childhood Education: Agency, Democracy and the Digital Age

Posted 23rd June 2026

Guest post by Debra Williams Traditionally, reflection in Early Childhood Education has been positioned as an individual professional competency or a compliance requirement linked to quality assurance systems. However, this framing is increasingly insufficient in the context of digital documentation platforms and data-driven pedagogical environments. This research explores how reflection is being reshaped by digital…

Guest post: Climate emotions in early childhood: why we need a new way of thinking

Posted 5th February 2026

By Jane Spiteri When we talk about climate anxiety or eco-emotions, we usually picture teenagers marching with placards or adults lying wide awake at night worrying about the future. Rarely do we imagine a four-year-old quietly lining up toy animals because “the forest is on fire”, or a five-year-old asking whether the sea will still…

EECERA at 33: A Threshold Year of Belonging and Purpose

Posted 6th October 2025

EECERA 2025 in Bratislava gave us a conference to remember. The opening reception in the aula of Comenius University — a beautiful and historic setting — began with warm welcomes from the Faculty of Education and our President, Professor Chris Pascal. Children danced, and a local teacher filled the hall with music on a long-necked…

Exploring linguistic diversity and inclusivity through plurilingualism

Posted 22nd September 2025

by Dr Christina Egan Marnell, Early Childhood Ireland Photo by Shelby Murphy Figueroa on Unsplash Over the past 5 years, Early Childhood Ireland has been investigating how a culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy can be developed through a play and arts-based approach. Often co-constructed with educators, this journey has taken us into the realm of storytelling,…

Towards an Ethical Praxis in Early Childhood: Interview with Chris Pascal

Posted 11th October 2017

Christine Pascal, President of EECERA, presents the Towards an Ethical Praxis in Early Childhood book series. Texts in this series reflect a strong shift internationally towards the development of a strengthened knowledge base for practice in early childhood education and care. Researchers are also increasingly expected to demonstrate the impact of their work and its…

Position Paper: The Role of Play in ECEC

Posted 25th January 2017

This is a position paper prepared by the members of the EECERA Special Interest Group “Rethinking Play”. The position paper focuses on the possible impact of the current international trends regarding the instrumentalisation of ECEC on play. The SIG members argue that, due to this standardised approach to ECEC deriving from a collective strive for…