In the last issue of AJEC Dr Claire Blewitt’s editorial (2021, p. 293) highlighted the ideas that complexity and change characterise early childhood settings, and that engaging with this complexity “is an ongoing concern” for all of those involved in young children’s lives. Recognising and naming complexity as a key feature of early childhood settings is a political act. This is especially so at a time when, in Australia, hard-won structures that support quality (such as access to an early childhood teacher) (Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority [ACECQA], 2021) are beginning to be compromised by an unsustainable early childhood education system. Additionally, the goodwill and motivation of the workforce has been eroded by unprecedented natural and viral disasters. In short, the system cannot go on as it is.

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幼儿教育和护理：一个可持续的系统？

在 AJEC 的最后一期中，Claire Blewitt 博士的社论（2021 年，第 293 页）强调了复杂性和变化是幼儿环境的特征，并且对于所有参与幼儿生活的人来说，处理这种复杂性“是一个持续关注的问题” . 认识到复杂性并将其命名为幼儿环境的一个关键特征是一种政治行为。在澳大利亚，来之不易的支持质量的结构（例如获得幼儿教师的机会）（澳大利亚儿童教育和护理质量管理局 [ACECQA]，2021 年）开始受到不可持续的幼儿教育体系。此外，前所未有的自然灾害和病毒灾害侵蚀了劳动力的善意和积极性。简而言之，系统不能照原样运行。