This year's conference for early childhood education research will be held digitally from 26.-28. October. The theme is diversity and opportunities in early childhood education. Please see below for full program.
26. October
08.30 – 09.00: Link to conference open
09.00 – 09.15: Opening of the conference, including artistic contribution
09.15 – 09.45: Keynote: Professor Iram Siraj, University of Oxford: Inequality, Diversity and Intersectionality in ECE: Understanding multiple disadvantage
09.45 – 10.00: Break
10.00 – 11.00: Parallel session A
11.00 – 11.15: Break
11.15 – 12.00: Special Interest Groups
27. October
08.30 – 09.00: Link to conference open
09.00 – 09.30: Keynote: Professor Marilyn Fleer, Monash University: Researching imagination in STEM and imagination in play – snapshots from the Conceptual PlayLab
09.30 – 09.45: Break
09.45 – 10.45: Parallel session B
10.45 – 11.00: Break
11.00 – 11.30: Keynote: Professor Mathias Urban, Dublin City University: Slippery slopes and uphill battles. A story of the many and changing meanings of evaluation in early childhood education and care
28. October
08.30 – 09.00: Link to conference open
09.00 – 09.30: Keynote: Professor Elin Reikerås, Centre Leader at FILIORUM, University of Stavanger: Research on diversity in Norwegian kindergartens - what do we know and how do we explore the opportunities this provides further?
09.30 – 09.45: Break
09.45 – 10.45: Parallel sessions C
10.45 – 11.00: Closing of conference