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Title: | Organisational capacity building: Readiness for change in Australian child care | Contributor(s): | Davis, Elise (author); Corr, Lara (author); Cook, Kay (author); Sims, Margaret (author) ; Gilson, Kim-Michelle (author); Ting, Christina (author); Ummer-Christian, Rahila (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16780 | Abstract: | This study assesses family day care educators' readiness for increasing their knowledge and skills in promoting children's social and emotional wellbeing by applying the Transtheoretical Model of Change conceptual framework. Forty-eight educators in one family day care scheme, in a low socioeconomic area of Victoria, Australia participated in telephone interviews. Their readiness to improve children's social and emotional wellbeing was classified according to the stages of change model. A high proportion of educators were classified into the action or maintenance stage. Educators reported a range of activities that they were undertaking such as attending professional development sessions and studying formal early childhood qualifications. While educators were open to increasing their knowledge and skills in promoting children's social and emotional wellbeing, they were juggling many demands. The stages of change model was useful in providing an understanding of the processes and principles for progressing through stages, essential for organisational capacity building. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40(1), p. 47-54 | Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1839-5961 1836-9391 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl Maori) | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390302 Early childhood education | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940105 Childrens/Youth Services and Childcare | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 230104 Children's services and childcare 230115 Youth services |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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