Andi SalamonAndi Salamon is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Andi draws on decades of interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education ('ECE') professional experience as a practitioner and leadr in her current work. Taking a respectful, reciprocal and participatory approach, Andi is keenly interested in sophisticated infant cognitive, social and emotional development and how these come together in holistic communicative practices. A passionate advocate for the reality of young children's lives as the starting point for transformational ECE pedagogy, Andi incorporates her research into her current teaching to uphold infants' rights to quality ECE. She keeps children and families at the front of her mind in her work and encourages pre-service teachers, colleagues and early years leaders to do the same. Read More Read Less