Simply providing and attending prof

Simply providing and attending professional development and training opportunities enhances quality in early childhood education, or whether the education actual practices are a better indication. It reports on research that examined factors impaeting on early childhood' realisation of professional development once participants returned to their organisation. Using case studies, the paper points to a range of factor education identified as either enabling or hindering endeavours to practise and sustain new understanding within their early childhood service. It concludes by recommending a number of strategies that lead to more effective realisation of professional development opportunifies,