Background information: Research & evaluation

Understanding and Supporting Young Writers: Research Report

Fifteen early childhood professionals and teachers from the Marysville Cluster and the Darebin Early Years Network participated in inquiry-based professional learning from April to July 2015. This project sought to address four research questions:

• What happens when early childhood educators work with teachers in the early years of school in order to support early writers?
• What would a shared approach to the support of young writers look like (across early childhood and school settings)?
• What professional learning for teachers comes from this approach?
• What difference does this approach make for children, their families and the early childhood professionals involved?  

This report (docx - 184.8kb) by Dr Noella Mackenzie (Charles Sturt University) provides details of the findings of this research project.

VEYLDF consultation

• Report on the 2015 consultations - August – September 2015 (pdf - 387.65kb)
• Background Paper - VEYLDF Review and Update (docx - 159.25kb) provides an overview of the rationale and process for the update of the VEYLDF.

• A Research Paper to inform the development of An Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (pdf - 746.54kb) This paper examines the idea of using Practice-Principles as the core components of an Early Years Learning Framework. Practice-Principles result when the practices of children, families and professionals are brought together with research to support learning and development.

• Analysis of Curriculum/Learning Frameworks for the Early Years (Birth to Age 8) (pdf - 968.33kb) and Analysis of Curriculum/Learning Frameworks for the Early Years (Birth to Age 8) - Appendices (pdf - 943.92kb) The focus of this paper by RMIT is on national and international initiatives and current directions in the development of curriculum and/or learning documents for the early years (birth to eight years). The project report was commissioned by the VCAA in April 2008 to inform the development of both the Victorian and national frameworks and to include an examination and analysis of the documents issued and currently in use by Australian states and territories and nine selected international education jurisdictions

VEYLDF Implementation Project Reports (2009−2014)

• Review and Evaluation of the Inquiry to Implementation Project Final Report 2014, Monash University (pdf - 1.52mb) Monash University completed a review and evaluation of the Inquiry to Implementation Project (IIP) which ran during 2013. Research findings and recommendations from this report informed ongoing VEYLDF implementation initiatives and resources.
• Report on the Assessment for Learning and Development Project, 2012 (pdf - 1.9mb)
• Evaluation of Implementation by Griffith University, 2012 (pdf - 775.94kb) 
  • Executive summary (pdf - 259.15kb)
  • Final report (pdf - 775.94kb)
• The Outcomes Project, 2010 -2011 (pdf - 1.17mb)
• Report on the trial and validation of the draft of the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework from Birth to Eight Years (August to October 2009) (pdf - 873.47kb)