Resources

This website is a central hub of resources including materials, videos and articles, for developing your understanding of the Theory of Practice Architectures and for its use in Early Childhood Education research and practice.

Materials

The following resources were developed as support materials to help unpack key concepts within of the theory of practice architectures, and to assist with data analysis for those new to the theory. The resources were initially designed for, and used within, the Australian Research Council funded study Exemplary Early Childhood Educators at Work (ARC LP160100532). They are now offered for anyone wishing to develop their understanding of the theory of practice architectures.

For the companion article Unpacking the theory of practice architectures see: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/18369391221119834

Gibbs, L., Cooke, M., & Salamon, A. (2022). Unpacking the theory of practice architectures for research in early childhood education. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 47(4), 260-274.

Videos

Early childhood voices conference 2022

The Theory of Practice Architectures series 1

The Theory of Practice Architectures series 2

Articles and Book Chapters

Your first step in learning about the Theory of Practice Architectures is to read the original work:

Kemmis, S., Wilkinson, J., Edwards-Groves, C., Hardy, I., Grootenboer, P., Bristol, L., … & Bristol, L. (2014). Changing practices, changing education. Springer https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-4560-47-4_2.

Mahon, K., Kemmis, S., Francisco, S., & Lloyd, A. (2017). Introduction: Practice theory and the theory of practice architectures. Exploring education and professional practice: Through the lens of practice architectures, 1-30. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-2219-7_1.

Mahon, K., Francisco, S., & Kemmis, S. (2017). Exploring education and professional practice. Springer. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-981-10-2219-7.pdf

Early Childhood Education and The Theory of Practice Architectures

Here is a small selection of articles. We will add more to this bibliography. Please contact us with any additions you would like us to make.

Cooke, M., Press, F., & Wong, S. (2020). Educators’ risk-taking in high quality early childhood education. International Journal of Early Years Education, 1-17.

Cooke, M., Wong, S., & Press, F. (2021). Towards a re-conceptualisation of risk in early childhood education. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 22(1), 5-19.

Cooke, M., Wong, S., & Press, F. (2020). High quality educators’ conceptualisation of children’s risk-taking in early childhood education: provoking educators to think more broadly. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 28(3), 424-438.

Gibbs, L. (2020). “That’s your right as a human isn’t it?” The emergence and development of leading as a socially-just practice in early childhood education. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 45(4), 295-308.

Gibbs, L. (2022). Leadership emergence and development: Organizations shaping leading in early childhood education. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 50(4), 672-693.

Gibbs, L., Linden, K., Teakel, S., & Dell, E. (2023). Initiatives supporting student retention in early childhood teacher education qualifications. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 18369391231220050.

Gibbs, L., & Press, F. (2023). The emergence and cultivation of leadership within early childhood education. In Handbook on Leadership in Education (pp. 458-473). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Salamon, A., Sumsion, J., Press, F., & Harrison, L. (2016). Implicit theories and naïve beliefs: Using the theory of practice architectures to deconstruct the practices of early childhood educators. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 14(4), 431-443.

Salamon, A., & Harrison, L. (2015). Early childhood educators’ conceptions of infants’ capabilities: The nexus between beliefs and practice. Early Years, 35(3), 273-288.

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