This series was originally released in 2018 and 2019 for subscribers on our Patreon page. The episodes are now available freely for all, but have not been edited.
This episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast series Exploring the NQS provides an overview of Quality Area 3: Physical environment.
From the Guide to the National Quality Standard: Quality Area 3 of the National Quality Standard focuses on the physical environment. The physical environment is critical to: contributing to children’s wellbeing, creativity and developing independence; providing a diverse range of experiences that promote children’s learning and development; keeping children safe; and creating/organising spaces to reduce the risk of injury.
An educator's place is in the resistance (with Martel Menz)
The business of early childhood education
"One child in detention is too many"
JFF: WTF?
Interview with Kate Ellis MP, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Development
Farewell Kate Ellis
International Women's Day
The National Quality Agenda Review
Professor Frank Oberklaid Interview (Part 2)
Professor Frank Oberklaid Interview (Part 1)
The return of the Jobs for Families package
BONUS: Interview with Jenny Mikakos, Victorian Minister for Families and Children
So, what did we miss?
2016 Year In Review / Q&A
STEM in early childhood / Sibylle Seidler Interview
The rise of corporate early education (with Karl Hessian)
In charge of early childhood for a day / The quality ratings system
Talking politics with young children / Our favourite research
BONUS: The divisions in our early childhood politics
Politics 101 / Chris Steel Interview
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