The two-year international project began in November 2019, collaborating across seven countries with the following partners:
- University of Plymouth, UK
- Early Education, UK
- VIA University College, Denmark
- Universidade da Coruna, Spain
- Early Childhood Ireland, Ireland
- University of Trieste, Italy
- Zagreb University, Croatia
- Babeș-Bolyai University, Croatia
One particular quality – child-centredness – tends to be used when discussing the provision of early childhood education and care (ECEC). It is, however, a term that can be interpreted in many different ways and those new to the profession can struggle to know what it looks like in practice.
The project will develop a child-centred competences framework presented with carefully selected resources to facilitate students in their self-evaluation of competences. The framework will be available on an open-access platform and be used to deliver online training to support students in acquiring and developing their child-centred competences.