The Enableum is a space and place that is a means or medium to enable children, families, teachers and other stakeholders that work with children to transcend traditional norms in education through research and collaboration.
The Enableum
Our Mission
Our Purpose
We inspire, challenge and enable children, families with young children, ECE’s and professionals & organizations that work with children and families to redefine and pave the way for how quality education is perceived in modern day society.
Our Objectives
To unlearn Western education views to adopt a global perspective and critically assess the impact of diverse educational frameworks on stakeholders.
To include and involve children as equal partners amongst other stakeholders in research and collaboration
To embrace diverse educational methods, recognizing no single approach is superior; effectiveness relies on contextual application.
We approach by/through collaborating and researching with children and various stakeholders that work with and for families with young children.
Our Approach
Our Vision
Our Long-term Ambitions
- We envision a time when stakeholders can critically assess their methods with families and young children, empowering them to drive positive change in early years education.
- We aspire to have all our stakeholders to grow and inspire others in The Enableum’s supportive community of practitioners, researchers, collaborators, and advocates for positive change.
Our Ultimate Goals
To develop a process for stakeholders to understand and appreciate diverse perspectives and methods.
To establish and maintain an image of a child as an empowered, expressive, and capable learner and researcher of their world.
To create relevance in learning and research by applying knowledge and skills within authentic lived experiences.
To instill the spirit of being critical, reflective and reflexive in daily experiences of learning, teaching, researching and collaborating.
To give stakeholders at The Enableum to apply the knowledge and skills experienced with our partner institutes and collaborators.
Our Core Value
Enlivening curiosity in learning, research and collaboration
Nurturing all stakeholders to be safe and free to learn, express ideas and innovations in a supportive community
Advocating for positive change in the Early Childhood sector
Being sincere and genuine to self and others; free from pretence, hypocrisy and judgement based on societal constructs
Leading and living with integrity and probity
Embodying the qualities of a global and local citizen who values respect and reciprocity in relationships with all sentient beings in place and space