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College of Reviewers Testimonials: "Being a member of the EECERA College of Reviewers has been a very positive and enriching experience." Paula Walshe, PhD To find out more about this role and to apply, please visit the website: buff.ly/ZpYPJJ1 #EECERA #EECERA2027 #CollegeOfReviewers #EECERJ

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 18h

New Article from EECERJ: How educators shape children’s behaviour: an exploratory study about the transmission of pedagogical and relational models in the tandem situation by Ana Rita Azevedo, Inês Morais, Isabel Fernandes, Bárbara Tadeu & Marina Fuertes buff.ly/oBi4QGr #EECERA #EECERAJ

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Supporting preschool children’s creativity during play: teachers’ beliefs in China by Wenting Zhu, Xiumin Hong & Wenxuan Zhang buff.ly/oBi4QGr #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: How parents became ‘involved’: family governance and the historical construction of parental involvement in Chinese Early Childhood Education by Yan Li, Xiao Wu & Jiacheng Li buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: ‘What would you serve as a cook in your kindergarten?’ Children’s taste perceptions and experiences across seven dimensions – a qualitative study in Norwegian kindergartens by Chloë Carpi, Valérie L. Almli & Hege Wegedahl buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Language minority parents’ perspectives on collaboration with ECEC professionals by Yehya Mohamad Alhajji, Tanja Vehkakoski & Eija Sevón buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Embedding equity in early childhood education through a barrier-free toy and book library: a school-based approach from Türkiye by Aleyna Sarıkaya & Figen Turan buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

After many wonderful years with EECERA our dear friend and colleague, Sean Delaney is moving on to new and exciting professional challenges – testimony to his superb skills and expertise. Sean will be sorely missed by us all, but we wish him the best of luck in his future professional endeavours.

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

EECERJ is currently accepting expressions of interest for the 2027 CoR. The deadline to apply is the 31st of October, 2026. Please see the link below for full information and how to apply. buff.ly/4Mu6hND #EECERJ #CollegeOfReviewers #EarlyEducation #EarlyChildhood

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Mentalization in early childhood education: exploring teachers’ experiences of facilitators and barriers by Melanie Elisa Audier & Myron Dean Friesen buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Supporting educator agency in decisions about digital technologies: a pedagogical decision-making matrix for early childhood education by Jubilee Smith buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Exploring teachers’ understandings of implementing child participation in early childhood education in Spain by Ana Castro-Zubizarreta & Roberto Sanz-Ponce buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Exploring undergraduate early childhood studies students’ beliefs about mathematics by Leanne Gray, Jennifer Sau & Taylor Challiss buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Learning democracy in early education: aesthetic and embodied pedagogies in teachers’ professional learning by Cláudia Neves, Monika Pazur, Juliana Gazzinelli, Ana Patrícia Almeida, Marta Abelha & Pedro Abrantes buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Pedagogical conditions as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework for early English education in wartime Ukraine by Andriy Vyshnevskyi & Tetyana Pantyuk buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Children’s participation rights as lived capabilities: experiences from early childhood education and care in Wales by Lauren Henderson, Jacky Tyrie & Gisselle Tur Porres buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: A critical interpretive review of digital citizenship in early childhood: a call for care and responsibility by Hasina Banu Ebrahim & Muideen Oladeji Salami buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Agency, participation and democracy in child care: an ethnographic case study of babies’ everyday praxis by Mariana Estrela & Ana França Kot-Kotecki buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Reframing biased AI-generated imagery: children as democratic co-interpreters in early childhood education by Eloise Thomson buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New EECERJ Article: Early childhood teachers’ reported uses of play and enacted pedagogical roles in supporting learning, development, and social interaction across seven countries. Mine Göl-Güven, Ruslan Slutsky, Konstantina Rentzou, Jesús Paz-Albo, Maire Tuul & Grethe Kragh-Müller buff.ly/hnwJgyR

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: ‘I’m peppa pig’: young children’s self-initiated song-singing with a digital device as multi-modal expressive practices by Rosie Walton & Susan Young buff.ly/hnwJgyR #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: Agentic and quasi-agentic AI technologies in early childhood education and care: A scoping review by Zacharias Andreadakis, Georgia Dimopoulou & Georgia Gessiou buff.ly/0X5nBFQ #EECERA #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New Article from EECERJ: The drivers of turnover intentions in early childhood education: the role of organisational factors and job demands–resources profiles by Eerika Länsmans, Maiju Paananen & Petri Nokelainen buff.ly/B8z4lL3 #EECERAJ #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Praxis Series books launch: Prof Lesley Wood on Transforming Early Childhood Education; Elizabeth Carruthers, Chrystalla Papademetri and Oliver Theil explored Play and Mathematics in Early Years; Sally Cave introduced the Froebel Partnerships book Being and Becoming. buff.ly/zoC4zUr #EECERA2026

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Maelis Karlsson Lohmander bringing the 34th #EECERA Conference to a close in Madeira ☺️ #EECERA2026. Maelis was Chair of our 4th conference back in 1994!

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our fourth #EECERA2026 keynote from Professor Andrew Manches.

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

EECERA trustee Irene Gunning shares the results of the Habermass award; our heartfelt congratulations go to our own dear Professor Tony Bertram on his Honorary Lifetime Achievement award 🥳 #EECERA2026

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Day 3 at #EECERA2026, and Julia Formosinho is thinking with us today about joint leaning, professional development and the development of democracy. Children have the right to have a teacher who integrates, through their pedagogy, theory, practice and ethics.

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tony Bertram welcomes delegates to day 3 of #EECERA2026 😁

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Chris Pascal and Routledge Senior Editor Alison Foyle kick off our Praxis book launch at #EECERA2026 #EECERA #BookLaunch #Praxis #Routlege

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Poster Session 2 in action, lots of interest and connection happening between presenters and delegates at #EECERA2026

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Poster Session 2 is underway at #EECERA2026.

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

CREC MA Tutor Debi Keyte-Hartland presenting her research about cultivating teacher agency at #EECERA2026

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A little tour of our first poster session at #EECERA2026 in Madeira; so much passion, insight and curiosity in evidence. #EECERA

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Poster session A is underway at #EECERA2026; thank you so much to all the wonderful poster presenters! #EECERA

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Lunch and networking before the first symposium begins at #EECERA2026. 😁

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Reema Patel begins our second #EECERA2026 keynote and reminds us that we are at risk of overlooking the core question - how can the digital world serve and enhance children’s rights, agency, life chances and outcomes? She invites us to discover more about participatory actions here: buff.ly/U39ZFgZ

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Prof Susan Edwards closes her optimistic keynote and invites delegates to: Theorise technology and play Make the invisible tangible Listen to many languages Recognise rights and competences in situ Design and redesign for democratisation #EECERA2026

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A full house for Prof. Susan Edwards as she presents the first keynote speech of #EECERA2026, providing an overview of the complexities we face in a post-digital era. #EECERA #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What is the digital age? Why philosophy of technology? How can we enable democratic participation? Professor Susan Edwards kicks off #EECERA2026 asking some key questions…

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Welcome reception from #EECERA president Dr Chris Pascal in beautiful Funchal for #EECERA2026.

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A wonderful networking session in beautiful Madeira this evening! Welcome to #EECERA2026, everybody. #EECERA #Funchal #Madeira

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

For those attending the Sunset Boat Trip on Wednesday 26th August (18:30 to 21:30), remember your tickets and arrive promptly at the meeting point. A small number of extra tickets have been released; follow the link in comments for booking instructions. #EECERA2026 #EECERA #EarlyChildhood

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are very fortunate to have many exhibitors at #EECERA2026, and here's just one: "A+ Words Learning offers a structured learning approach for children aged 3–6 that can be integrated into everyday routines in childcare settings and homes." #EECERA2026 #EECERA #AplusWords

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The team have landed in beautiful Madeira! Looking forward to a conference full of connection, insight and learning. See you all soon! #EECERA2026 #EECERA

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of the European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ) Title: Nurturing Slowness within Outdoor Play and Learning. Further information: buff.ly/ACtzkxf #CallForAbstracts #EECERJ #OutdoorPlayAndLearning #EECERA

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Explore the latest early childhood publications and enjoy discounted rates at the Pavilion A Foyer (Tecnopolo). View the list of exhibitors to see who is joining us this year via the link: buff.ly/o3LXhQW #EECERA2026 #EECERA #EarlyChildhood #EarlyChildhoodEducation #Funchal

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Facilitating and supporting interagency collaboration in a community-based Area Based Childhood (ABC) programme in Ireland - our final guest post from #EECERA presenter Kappa Grealy. buff.ly/ZiUuHX9 #EECERA2026 #ECE

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EECERA @eecera.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Share your highlights using #EECERA2026 and tag our accounts across LinkedIn, Facebook and Bluesky. Photos and videos will be taken during the event; if you prefer not to feature, notify us at enquiries@eeceraconference.org and inform the photographer. #EECERA2026 #EECERA #EarlyChildhood

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