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GenAI is now in our childcare centres. But there isn’t any guidance
EduResearch Matters
Australian Association for Research in Education
04/06/2026
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Abstract
GenAI has entered early childhood education and care (ECEC) faster than the sector has been able to respond. Educators are already using generic tools to draft reflections, write newsletters, organise planning ideas, develop policy language and make sense of documentation. Some services are creating their own rules. Others are still working out where to begin. The tools have arrived before the guidance. That is the problem we need to take seriously. The question is no longer whether early childhood educators will use GenAI. Many already are, or soon will be. The more urgent question is whether they are being given the right support to use it safely, ethically and in ways that align with Australian early childhood practice. These are the questions at the centre of my recent article on GenAI-supported reflective practice in early childhood education and care. (ADD hyperlink here??)
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- Title
- GenAI is now in our childcare centres. But there isn’t any guidance
- Creators
- Nicole Thompson - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- EduResearch Matters
- Publisher
- Australian Association for Research in Education; Australia
- Identifiers
- 991013382051902368
- Copyright
- © 2024.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Blog