Project Details
Description
This study aims to identify, for the first time, key features of infant-toddler long day care (LDC) environments that support or constrain the development and use of language as a critical tool for early learning. Family influences on language development have been widely studied but, despite rising enrolments, little research has focused on LDC settings. Over 20% of Australian children currently start school with poorly developed language skills, which places them at risk of educational disadvantage. By investigating early LDC predictors of preschool language skills, this study will deliver much-needed new evidence to inform LDC pedagogy and curriculum development and practice and, ultimately, to improve long term educational outcomes.
ARC Discovery Grant, 2018-2022. Total Awarded - $927,996
ARC Discovery Grant, 2018-2022. Total Awarded - $927,996
| Short title | Macquarie Language for Learning Project |
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| Status | Finished |
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/18 → 31/12/24 |
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Associations between infant multilingualism and language production and their effects on preschool-aged language development
Valenzuela, J., Kim, S. H., Banducci, P., Bonaccorso, C., Degotardi, S., Djonov, E. & Sweller, N., Apr 2026, In: Cognitive Development. 78, p. 1-15 15 p., 101687.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond the dyad: infant vocal cues organize conversational-turn taking in infant-toddler classrooms
Albert, R. R., Sweller, N. & Degotardi, S., Aug 2025, In: Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies. 30, 4, p. 1-14 14 p., e70042.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Noise levels in infant-toddler early childhood classrooms: individual variation and relationships with social and physical features of the room
Degotardi, S., Sharma, M., Sweller, N., Djonov, E., Kelly, M. & Ng, J., Sept 2025, In: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 50, 3, p. 305-318 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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