Asia Pacific Early Childhood Consultants

Asia Pacific Early Childhood Consultants APECC offer provocations and dialogue around high quality education for our youngest citizens.

Asia Pacific Early Childhood Consultants is interested in the translation of the principles as drawn from the Reggio Emilia Educational Project in to the Australian context. Our Executive Consultant, Dr Deborah Harcourt, is a long time investigator of the provocations offered by colleagues from the Infant and Toddler Centres and Preschools of Reggio Emilia and is mindful that the principles will mean different things to different people in different contexts. With this in mind, APECC is interested in engaging in dialogue and debate about professional practice, educational research and quality with early childhood professionals from a range of settings in Australia and beyond.

15/09/2026

Such delightful and delicious play!

Collaborative dialogue in which to seek meaning and possible pathways forward is at the core of a democratic system.
25/08/2026

Collaborative dialogue in which to seek meaning and possible pathways forward is at the core of a democratic system.

Time - we do need to think differently!
22/08/2026

Time - we do need to think differently!

Regardless of culture or context, the age of students, or the experience and qualifications of teachers, conversations about time inevitably rise to the surface in the work we do. Yet, when we dig beneath this ever-present concern, we often discover that the ways teachers organise and use their time

24/07/2026

Another amazing professional experience offering by our dear friends and colleagues Semann & Slattery - a must!!!

Such profound words from my friend and colleague Prof Luigina Mortari.
01/07/2026

Such profound words from my friend and colleague Prof Luigina Mortari.

🌱 Costruire comunità di discorso

L’apprendimento non si realizza in solitudine, ma nell’incontro con gli altri.

Una comunità di discorso è uno spazio in cui si condividono idee, si mettono in comune i pensieri e si ricerca insieme la verità, affinché il sapere possa nascere dalla relazione.

È nella qualità del dialogo e degli scambi che prende forma un’autentica esperienza educativa.

— Luigina Mortari

A thought provoking lecture from my dear friend and former colleague Professor Luigina Mortari from University of Verona...
04/06/2026

A thought provoking lecture from my dear friend and former colleague Professor Luigina Mortari from University of Verona - reminds me of Peter Moss’ work.

🕊️ “Il passato che non può passare”

Lectio della prof.ssa Luigina Mortari al K*M Festival 2024.

Un indicatore del livello di civiltà di una certa comunità è costituito dall’attenzione che questa riserva all’educazione, poiché attraverso le pratiche educative gli adulti favoriscono nei giovani lo sviluppo delle competenze necessarie alla realizzazione del proprio cammino esistenziale.

Il neoliberismo che governa il discorso politico contemporaneo tende a ridurre l’educazione alla trasmissione di strumenti tecnici, utili al mercato del lavoro. Ma educare è, anzitutto, avere cura dell’altro e più precisamente aver cura di quei contesti esperienziali che consentiranno il pieno fiorire della sua umanità.

Proviamo dunque a ritornare alle nostre radici, lontano nel tempo, rovistando in un passato ancora denso di insegnamenti.

«L’amore per la verità ha bisogno di ali, e noi che siamo gli insegnanti dobbiamo aiutare i nostri studenti a mettere le ali.»

🎥 La registrazione dell’intervento è disponibile nel primo commento.

Taking the Long View in a Short-Term WorldA 2-Part Webinar Series with Dr Deborah HarcourtIn a sector increasingly drive...
02/06/2026

Taking the Long View in a Short-Term World
A 2-Part Webinar Series with Dr Deborah Harcourt

In a sector increasingly driven by urgency, compliance, and immediate outcomes, what happens when we choose to slow down?

Join me for a two-part webinar series exploring the power of long-term thinking in early childhood education. Together we will examine how educators can reclaim time, deepen inquiry, strengthen relationships, and create conditions where children’s learning unfolds with meaning and purpose.

Drawing on contemporary research, the Reggio Emilia Educational Project, and examples from practice, these sessions will challenge the culture of hurry and invite a more thoughtful, future-focused approach to teaching and learning.

✨ Part 1: In Praise of Slow Pedagogy – Not Seeing Time as the Enemy
✨ Part 2: Taking the Long View – Supporting Deep Learning, Continuity and Belonging

Dates: 16 & 30 June 2026
Time: 10:30–11:30am AEST
Online Webinar

I would love you to join me for what promises to be a rich and thought-provoking conversation.

Register via Semann & Slattery:
Semann & Slattery Professional Learning

Listening takes so many forms in our everyday practice.
24/05/2026

Listening takes so many forms in our everyday practice.

Such a crucial message - in regard to democracy in education - from Peter Moss speaking in Reggio this week. (Photo from...
22/05/2026

Such a crucial message - in regard to democracy in education - from Peter Moss speaking in Reggio this week.
(Photo from Reggio Children).

Awesome simple idea providing children with transparency of choice!
21/05/2026

Awesome simple idea providing children with transparency of choice!

Plastic fish bowls for storing loose parts 💡 Source below👇 How do you store loose parts indoors?

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