Te Kete Rangimārie: Supporting social emotional competence in early childhood settings

4 Sep 2026

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At Tōtara Kids Early Learning Centre we believe in creating a childhood rich with brain-building experiences, child-led exploration and real, reciprocal relationships with people, places, and things.

Presenters

Associate Professor Gloria Quiñones

Gloria is Associate Professor in Early Years Education at Monash University, Australia. Her research primarily centres on early childhood education and care, with a focus on fostering sustainable and emotionally rich learning environments for young children, placing wellbeing, sustainability, play, and place-based pedagogies at the core of her work. She also explores how these principles can be supported in collaboration with families to nurture children in sustainable and emotionally attuned ways.

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