From placement to profession: Rethinking workplace-based professional experience

Jo Bird; Alicia Phillips; Tina Stratigos; Gai Lindsay; Jane Warren; Linda Bellen; Michelle Csapo

From placement to profession: Rethinking workplace-based professional experience

Jo Bird
, Alicia Phillips
, Tina Stratigos
, Gai Lindsay
, Jane Warren
, Linda Bellen
, Michelle Csapo

Early Childhood Education

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For many early childhood student teachers, balancing study, work and placement is a daily reality. Here, researchers of a three-phase study explore what workplace-based professional experience (PEX) means for students, services and the future quality of the sector.

Original language	English
Pages	40-43
Volume	151
Specialist publication	Rattler
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2026

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