Preparing the ground for partnership : exploring quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child care : a literature review and background paper, Kathryn Priest; with contributions from Bronwyn Coleman-Sleep, Karen Martin

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The instance Preparing the ground for partnership : exploring quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child care : a literature review and background paper, Kathryn Priest; with contributions from Bronwyn Coleman-Sleep, Karen Martin represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).

Label

Preparing the ground for partnership : exploring quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child care : a literature review and background paper, Kathryn Priest; with contributions from Bronwyn Coleman-Sleep, Karen Martin

Link

http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/childcare/qa-qa_indigenous_child_care.htm

Title remainder

exploring quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child care : a literature review and background paper

Statement of responsibility

Kathryn Priest; with contributions from Bronwyn Coleman-Sleep, Karen Martin

Instantiates

• Preparing the ground for partnership : exploring quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child care : a literature review and background paper

Publication

• Canberra, Dept. of Family and Community Services, 2005

Note

• "December 2005"
• Includes bibliography and list of web sources

Contents

Culture as a central factor in child care provision: child care provision in Australia, quality assurance for mainstream child care in Australia, the quality areas -- Indigenous child care - culture and quality: child care services for Indigenous families, what is special about Indigenous child care?, the importance of culture in child care, exploring definitions of culture, exploring ways to maintain a strong cultural identity, exploring the complexities of culturally appropriate practice, the diversity of Indigenous peoples and the uniting factors -- Measuring quality in child care: an overview: a brief history, national and international research into quality, Indigenous knowledge influencing mainstream practice, what is normal child development?, some considerations for measuring quality -- Indigenous perspective on quality -- Indigenous perspectives of mainstream quality assurance: a national perspective from Multifunctional Aboriginal Children's Services, a locally developed response to mainstream quality assurance, quality management and Indigenous aged care, the Nunga code: Nunga children's perspectives on quality -- Part 2: Designing a national Indigenous framework: Exploring the elements of a national QA process -- Overview of international developments: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea -- Appendices: Terms of reference, quality areas

Dimensions

30 cm.

Extent

95 p.

Isbn

9781921130106

Other physical details

ill. (some col.)

Record ID

u371282