CRESI is excited to announce that registrations are now open for:

Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education Conference 2024

This conference highlights and celebrates the pivotal role early childhood educators play in translating policy into meaningful practice by showcasing research findings from the Lillian de Lissa Trust funded project: Culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogies in early childhood (CLRP).

The CLRP project has been mobilised through the collaboration between five partner organisations and two universities across South Australia and New South Wales. Presentations will illustrate how innovations in culturally and linguistically responsive practices were designed, implemented and progressed in South Australian and New South Wales early childhood contexts in collaboration with university based researchers through the enactment of a critical action research methodology.

Additional provocations will be provided in this hybrid conference by keynote presentations from high profile researchers in CLRP.

Featured Keynote Lectures:

“The Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Early Childhood Project”

Associate Professor Jamie Sisson, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, University of South Australia.

"Policy and Meaningful Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practice"

Professor Sue Greishaber, Professor of Early Childhood Education, La Trobe University

“Emotional discomfort in culturally diverse classrooms”

Associate Professor Samara Akpovo, Associate Professor in the Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Critical Action Research Presentations:

Breakout sessions will feature the critical action research projects of early childhood practitioners from South Australia and New South Wales and will focus on the following two research areas:

Culturally and linguistically responsive engagement with families
Developing a pedagogical repertoire for engaging children in culturally and linguistically meaningful learning

(Watch this space: Program to be released October 2024)

University researchers will lead breakout room discussions to stimulate deep thinking and draw threads of connections to highlight implications for future research and practice in early childhood education.

Expert Panel Discussion:

The conference will conclude with an expert panel discussion who will:

Comment on the culturally and linguistically responsive early childhood practices presented.
Discuss opportunities and implications for future policy and practice concerning intercultural connections locally, nationally, and internationally.

For more information and resources about the project Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Early Childhood Pedagogies, please visit our website.