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Early Childhood Voices Conference 2024
ECV2024 Launch | 25th November 2024 (1 Hour and 5 mins)
Press Gallery report by students from Assumption Catholic Primary School Bathurst
ECV2024 is an interdisciplinary international conference that provides a platform to share research about innovative methods, theories and partnerships with children, families and practitioners that supports social justice during early childhood or within the early childhood sector.
ECV2024 is organised by the Charles Sturt University Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Research Group and is an opportunity to present research in a virtual online space. ECV2024 showcases the work of four outstanding keynote presentations as well as 147 oral presentations in three streams.
• STREAM 1: Early childhood voices: International interdisciplinary research (ECV2024-401-471)
• STREAM 2: Multilingual children’s speech development (ECV2024-500-575)
• STREAM 3: Children Draw Playing Global Online Gallery
ECV2024 was held entirely online and asynchronously from 25–28 November 2024. There was no registration fee and no fees to present or view the presentations. The presentations remain online.
We received 1333 registrations from 54 countries/regions!
Papers are aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals,
especially SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 8, SDG 10, and SDG 17.
We are excited to announce the establishment of the Children’s Voices Centre https://www.csu.edu.au/research/childrens-voices-centre/home
Our hope is that this conference supports social justice during early childhood or within the early childhood sector across the world. Thank you for your participation.
Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod and Dr Belinda Downey
Charles Sturt University Early Childhood Voices 2024 Conference Chairs
Dr Carolyn Gregoric
Charles Sturt University Early Childhood Voices 2024 Conference Secretary
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Keynote Speakers
1. Developing and retaining a workforce for high-quality early childhood education and care
Dr Elizabeth Shuey
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
2. Neurodiversity-affirming approaches to play: Perspectives from research with autistic children and adults
Professor Jenny L. Gibson University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
3. Giving voice to ‘villages’, listening to ‘Country’: It’s time to unlock the power of ‘place’
Professor Tony Dreise
Charles Sturt University, Australia
4. Embracing systems thinking to open conditions of possibility for the early childhood education workforce
Dr Tamara Cumming
Macquarie University, Australia
Early childhood voices: International interdisciplinary research
Stream 1
Presentations By Topics
- All
- Children's voices
- Communication
- Education
- Families' voices
- Health
- Indigenous voices
- Innovation
- Interdisciplinary
- Leadership
- Multilingual
- Presentations
- Professionals' voices
- Rural communities
- Vulnerable Communities
- Wellbeing
- Workforce
- All
- Children's voices
- Communication
- Education
- Families' voices
- Health
- Indigenous voices
- Innovation
- Interdisciplinary
- Leadership
- Multilingual
- Presentations
- Professionals' voices
- Rural communities
- Vulnerable Communities
- Wellbeing
- Workforce
ECV2024-407 – “Absolutely cuddled out”: Building personal resources to build retention
Belinda Downey, Charles Sturt University, Australia (bdowney@csu.edu.au) Will Letts, Charles Sturt University, Australia (wletts@csu.edu.au) Leanne Gibbs, Charles Sturt University, Australia (lgibbs@csu.edu.au) Sharynne McLeod, Charles Sturt ...
ECV2024-408 – Building foundations: Enhancing early childhood education through family-centric practices in Pakistan
Farhan Jumani, Rupani Foundation, Pakistan (farhanjumani@gmail.com) Shairose Jessani, Community Development Foundation, Pakistan (shairose.jessani@cdfp.org)
ECV2024-409 – How good are parents at judging their children’s speech intelligibility?
Leah R. Paltiel-Gedalyovich, Achva Academic College, Israel (leahrachelg@live.achva.ac.il) Avivit Ben-David, Hadassah Academic College, Israel (avivitb@edu.hac.ac.il)
ECV2024-410 – Children’s mathematical voices: Meanings, messages and memories
Jenny Dwyer, Charles Sturt University, Australia (jedwyer@csu.edu.au)
ECV2024-411 – Children on Australian university campuses: A rapid review of internal policies, guidelines, and procedures
Carolyn Gregoric, Charles Sturt University, Australia (cgregoric@csu.edu.au) Sharynne McLeod, Charles Sturt University, Australia (smcleod@csu.edu.au) Suzanne C. Hopf, Charles Sturt University, Australia (shopf@csu.edu.au) Claudio Dionigi, Charles ...
ECV2024-412 – Childhood Summit 2023: Strengthening community action through listening and supporting child voice
Hyahno Moser, Australian Institute of Play, Australia (hyahno@australianinstituteofplay.org) Sara Branch, Griffith University, Australia (s.branch@griffith.edu.au) Jordan Hill, Australian Institute of Play, Australia (jordan@australianinstituteofplay.org)
ECV2024-413 – Indigenous children’s speech, language and communication: Identifying and co-creating resources and services
Sharynne McLeod, Charles Sturt University, Australia (smcleod@csu.edu.au) Emily-Jane Woodhead, Charles Sturt University, Australia (ewoodhead@csu.edu.au) Sarah Bartlett, Charles Sturt University, Australia (sabartlett@csu.edu.au) Ebony Hay, Orange Aboriginal ...
ECV2024-414 – “Can I draw Peppa Pig?”: Using creative methods with parents to explore families’ everyday lives and interactions
Caitlin Holme, Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit, University of Bristol, UK (caitlin.holme@bristol.ac.uk) Yvonne Wren, Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit, University of ...
ECV2024-415 – Adopting a strengths approach in early childhood education
Fiona Collins, Charles Sturt University, Australia (fcollins@csu.edu.au) Angela Fenton, Charles Sturt University, Australia (afenton@csu.edu.au)
ECV2024-416 – Maximising the impact of speech and language therapy for children with speech sound disorder (MISLToe_SSD): Children and young people as patient and public involvement (PPI) members
Sam Burr, Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences Cardiff Metropolitan University; Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK (sburr@cardiffmet.ac.uk) ...
Multilingual children's speech development
(Stream 2)
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The work of the Early Childhood Research Group supports SDGs 3, 4, 8, 10 (and others). Each presentation was aligned with relevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goals