Practice Principle 5

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Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework Evidence Paper Practice Principle 5: Respectful relationships and responsive engagement Authored for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development by Caroline Cohrssen, Amelia Church & Collette Tayler 2 The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework guides early childhood professionals Practice in Victoria. The Victorian Framework identifies eight Practice principles for Learning and Development ( Practice principles ). The Practice principles are based on the P-12 principles of Learning and Teaching, the pedagogy from the national Early Years Learning Framework, and are informed by the latest research. The Practice principles are interrelated and designed to inform each other.

important to understand the family culture. Becoming culturally responsive is an on-going process that requires an early childhood professional to understand his or her own culture as well; to recognise the similarities and the differences between them (Howrey & Whelan-Kim, 2009).

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