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Kate Highfield @KateyTwit

As a researcher in Early Childhood education I'm hoping to help teachers (for 0-12 years) educate for tomorrow instead of yesterday. Views = my own

Joined March 2009
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Great to see the Child Health Poll with a focus on #play thank you @DrAntheaRhodes and team. Read it here: rch.org.au/rchpoll/

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As a new school parent today too - this might be helpful @ConversationEDU theconversation.com/a-messag…

A message to anxious parents as 320,000 Australian children start school

There is a lot of pressure on the transition to ‘big school’. For parents, this raises the question of how best we can prepare our kids and ourselves for this time.

theconversation.com
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Honoured to celebrate extraordinary teachers in the ACT @ the HALT awards today thank you for supporting this @YvetteSBerry @teacher_quality @aitsl . Great to see amazing @ACUeduandarts alumni recognised today.
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Amazing work by KU staff on the language of possibility - truly inspiring at #ECAconference @KULegg
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Shirley Wyver@ShirleyWyver
18 Aug 2022
Evenings abc.net.au/sydney/programs/e… Helen Little was interviewed on 702ABC last night. Go to and at around 2hr15mins you will hear Helen discussing Risky Play. A great interview Helen!! @MQDoES_outdoor @MQResearchECE @MQEducation
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Great list for anyone writing/researching #thankyou @thoughtsofaphd
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Sam Page@spage_ECA
11 May 2022
Early Learning Matters everyday – but it is critical that it counts this election, here is why🧵#EarlyLearningMatters (1/5)
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! (Well Twitter reminded me) #MyTwitterAnniversary
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Susan Edwards@EdwardsSuzy
22 Mar 2022
Replying to @LeanneMGibbs3 @EarlyChildAust
Congratulations Leanne! Such an important piece of work
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Thank you Grace Sara - a powerful reminder to consider the lived experience of our children & focus on culturally responsive pedagogy in all our work. #AJEC2022
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Another day at #ajec2022 yay!
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What a quote for us as researchers…. Thank you Sally Staton for quoting @ThorpeProf in encouraging us to focus on the problem we are solving rather than the paper…. #AJEC2022
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Great #ajec2022 session on policy @sararamani77 & @KontkanenSini and practice @Fiona_E_Mayne & @NeylonNeylon …. So many questions in #tpack, #edtech and #ececpedagogy to discuss.
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So many great provocations arising from #AJEC2022…… How do we build our workforce? Who is driving research and policy? How do we ensure impactful ECEC research? How can we enable bi-unilateral knowledge transfer?
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How do we have a more nuanced conversation about play, playful learning, free play…. #AJEC2022
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Play as a “biological imperative”… but what do we know from 50 years of research on play? Asks @KathyandRo1
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Tweeting this next 2 days from the #AJEC2022 symposium…. A sensational line up of #ecec researchers.
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Teacher friends if you’re not following @RetirementTales please do yourself a favour and have a read. Thank you!
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So excited to meet with the amazing Kathy Hirsh-Pasek from @KathyandRo1 @playfullearng about her #AJEC2022 Keynote Session….. still time to register for this fab event: earlychildhoodaustralia.org.… thanks @EdwardsSuzy and @SheilaDegotardi for your input! @EarlyChildAust
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