International Speaker Forum - Early Childhood Education and Care

Dr John Bennett 

Topic - Integrated Services for Children: what can we expect for the well being of children and families?

Dr John Bennett is an international speaker and writer on Early Childhood Education and Care. He has worked in the early childhood policy field with international early childhood organisations including the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the UN Committee for the International Year of the Family.   Dr Bennett was the driving force behind the two reports from the OECD, Starting Strong 1 and 2 (2001 and 2006). He is also a Senior Consultant for the OECD and past Director of The Early Childhood and Family Unit of UNESCO.  To access Dr Bennett's presentation click here.

Dr Pamela Oberhuemer

Topic - Implementing Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care

Dr Oberhuemer has worked extensively throughout Germany on continuing professional development for early childhood educators.  Dr Oberhuemer was a member of the research consortium in the German National Quality Initiative, with a particular focus on developing quality indicators and self-evaluation measures for the diversity of service providers in Germany. Her most recent work is a study commissioned by the German Federal Minister for Family and Youth Affairs on professional profiles within the early childhood workforce in Europe. She has been a long-term editorial board member of International Journal of Early Years Education and Early Years – An International Journal of Research and Development (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) and is currently academic co-editor of the latter.  To view Dr Oberhuemer's presentation click here.

Emeritus Professor Philip Gammage

Topic- What can we learn from the Nordic countries approach to Early Education and Care?

Professor Gammage has worked extensively throughout the world largely with OECD, UNESCO and non-govt organisations. He holds a doctorate in Psychology and has published widely on social psychology and policy in ECEC. Professor Gammage took up the Foundation de Lissa Chair in Early Childhood (research), an appointment, supported by the de Lissa Trust Fund and linking the University of South Australia with the then Department of Education, Training and Employment.  Professor Gammage was President of the British Association of Early Childhood Education and Chair of the Tutors for Advanced Courses in Early Childhood Education, UK.

He has been involved with NIFTeY in Australia from its inception, is mentor to the Childcare Association Australia and was Professorial Research Fellow and Adviser to the Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS) South Australia. He regularly works abroad and has experience of early childhood provision and policy in 21 countries.  Professor Gammage is also a Tasmanian Early Years Foundation Board member.  To view Professor Gammage's presentation click here.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER FORUMS

12 March 2010 - Professor Paul Dworkin

Professor Paul Dworkin was the keynote speaker at the TEYF forum held on 12 March 2010. His presentation was on "Early detection of developmental problems in young children". Download a copy of Prof Dworkin's presentation as a PDF.

Download other presentations from the forum

• Rowena Wilkinson - The Child, the Family and the Community
• Christine Long and Cheryl Smith - The Tasmanian System for the Early Detection of Health and Development
• Dr Michelle Williams - Paediatricians What are They Good For
• Dr Charlotte Whitelaw - Diagnosis in Development Delay

February 2010 - Dr Margy Whalley

"Developing Centres for Children and their Families" PowerPoint Presentation.