A Place to Talk Series
This series offers educators many creative and exciting ways to make their setting into the kind of place where young children will learn and develop their language skills and will inspire planning and provision.
Getting the environment right inside and out for young children is key. Improving their speaking and listening skills has never been more important.
Especially as:
- they make their first transitions from home into a new environment
- they expand places, develop connections and relationships
- their outdoor environment, children’s centres and preschools play supporting roles
This series will challenge and inspire educators to create really effective ‘places to talk’.
Ages: 0-5 years
About the Authors
Bridie Raban
Bridie Raban was the Foundation Mooroolbeek Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is currently an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and in 2021, she was awarded an Honorary University Fellowship by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). Her past research has focused on language and literacy development, teacher change and development, curriculum and assessment for the early childhood years and quality provision. She was the first Professor of Early Childhood Education in Victoria and the second in Australia, and before this she was Professor of Primary Education (Early Years) at the University of Warwick and President of the UK Reading Association.
Elizabeth Jarman
Elizabeth Jarman is an internationally recognised education professional specialising in creating optimum conditions for learning and an award-winning author. Her work is widely respected and professionally challenges teh way that learning environments for children and families are considered.