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    Wellbeing literacy and early childhood education
    Baker, LM ; Oades, LG ; Raban, B (Childforum Research Network, 2021)
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    What do we know about how young children learn?
    Raban, B (Directorate of School Education, Victoria, 1995-08-17)
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    How young children learn
    Raban, B (New Zealand Reading Association, 1996)
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    Reading Recovery or not?
    Raban, B (Australian Literacy Educators Association, 2016)
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    When are you going to teach my child to read?
    Raban, B (Free Kindergarten Association of Victoria, 1995)
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    Teaching Speakers and Listeners: a framework for classroom talk
    Raban, B (English Teachers Association of WA, 1999)
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    Testing, testing, 1,2,3,....School Entry Assessment
    Raban, B (Victorian Primary Principals' Association, 1998)
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    The development of early childhood education and care in Australia.
    Raban, B ; Kilderry, A (Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research, 2019)
    Australia is a vast country. It is the largest country in Oceania and the sixth largest country in the world by total area. The Commonwealth of Australia comprises 6 states and 2 territories with a total population of over 25 million people, mainly focused down the south-eastern coast line and concentrated in the capital cities of each state and territory. With respect to early childhood education and care (ECEC), the development of services across the country has changed considerably over time. From families making their own informal care arrangements decades ago, to the more recent era where the Federal government has widened and increased access to ECEC with the aim to raise the quality of children’s learning and development outcomes. Using readily available government documents, this article follows the development of ECEC in Australia from its informal beginnings to recent times where the sector has been through a reform phase resulting in the National Quality Framework (NQF) guiding the nation’s ECEC quality agenda. With a view to higher educational outcomes leading to better employment and advancement in social conditions, there remain considerable obstacles to realizing a full and seamless quality implementation. In this article, we discuss some of the challenges that lay ahead for ECEC in Australia, and provide some suggestions on how these challenges can be addressed.
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    The effects of an area-based intervention on the uptake of maternal and child health assessments in Australia: A community trial
    Kelaher, M ; Dunt, D ; Feldman, P ; Nolan, A ; Raban, B (BMC, 2009-03-25)
    BACKGROUND: Recognition of the importance of the early years in determining health and educational attainment and promotion of the World Health Organization Health for All (HFA) principles has led to an international trend towards community-based initiatives to improve developmental outcomes among socio-economically disadvantaged children. In this study we examine whether, Best Start, an Australian area-based initiative to improve child health was effective in improving access to Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services. METHODS: The study compares access to information, parental confidence and annual 3.5 year Ages and Stages visiting rates before (2001/02) and after (2004/05) the introduction of Best Start. Access to information and parental confidence were measured in surveys of parents with 3 year old children. There were 1666 surveys in the first wave and 1838 surveys in the second wave. The analysis of visiting rates for the 3.5 year Ages and Stages visit included all eligible Victorian children. Best Start sites included 1,739 eligible children in 2001/02 and 1437 eligible children in 2004/05. The comparable figures in the rest of the state were and 45, 497 and 45, 953 respectively. RESULTS: There was a significant increase in attendance at the 3.5 year Ages and Stages visit in 2004/05 compared to 2001/02 in all areas. However the increase in attendance was significantly greater at Best Start sites than the rest of the state. Access to information and parental confidence improved over the course of the intervention in Best Start sites with MCH projects compared to other Best Start sites. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that community-based initiatives in disadvantaged areas may improve parents' access to child health information, improve their confidence and increase MCH service use. These outcomes suggest such programmes could potentially contribute to strategies to reduce child health inequalities.