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Australian Early Development Census
The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) is a nationwide initiative that measures the development of children in their first year of full-time school, providing comprehensive data on the health, well-being, and learning outcomes of Australian children. Background First introduced in 2009, the AEDC is conducted every three years across all states and territories of Australia, covering approximately 305,000 children. The results of the AEDC are used by policymakers, educators, and health professionals to inform the development of programs and policies aimed at improving the early childhood development outcomes of all Australian children.The Allen Consulting Group and the McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbein2010 Local Champions — Turning the AEDI into action Report to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne. The AEDC focuses on five key areas of early childhood development called domains: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Department Of Education
The Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) was a department of the Government of Australia. It was formed in 2007 and absorbed the former departments of Education, Science and Training, and Employment and Workplace Relations. As a result of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013, the Department of Education and the Department of Employment were created out of the former Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Scope In the Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007, the functions of the department were broadly classified into the following matters: * Primary and secondary-level education policy and programs * Science awareness programs in schools * Income support policies and programs for students and apprentices * Employment policy, including employment services * Job Services Australia * Labour market and income support policies and programs for people of working age * Workplace re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Children's Hospital
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) is a major children's hospital in Melbourne, Australia. As a major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, the Royal Children's Hospital provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care, as well as health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people. The hospital is the designated statewide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation. Its campus partners are the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, which are based onsite at the hospital. The hospital is surrounded by the parkland of Royal Park, with views of trees and much natural light. History The hospital was established in 1870 and moved to the corner of Flemington Road and Gatehouse Street in Parkville in 1963. The Royal Children's Hospital was founded by Doctors John Singleton and William Smith, in response to their seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Brinkman
Dr. Sally Brinkman is a social epidemiologist with a focus on early childhood development and the impact of society on children's short and long term outcomes. Brinkman led the development and implementation of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) for population level data across Australia, now known as the nationwide Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) measuring over 300,000 children in how they have developed by the time they start their first year of full-time school. Brinkman works for international organisations including World Bank, UNICEF and AusAID, and has over 100 publications covering child development and education. Brinkman is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and the co-director of the Fraser Mustard Centre, an initiative to improve research translation established between the Telethon Kids Institute and the South Australian Department for Education. Awards in 2018 Brinkman received a National Health and Medical Research Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Censuses In Australia
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
