Dr. Jacqueline Fallon:

The NCCA creates change wherever we go. There is a circular issue. I mean that we know that those kind of gender stereotypes and so forth are picked up. All of us, as human beings, almost by the time we are aged three acquire all of those gender stereotypes and all kinds of other stereotypes.

The NCCA's work on the curriculum begins with and is grounded in the early childhood curriculum framework. From those earliest days, we are concerned about supporting young children's sense of identity and belonging. I will not go into the details now but if we want to have this impact, I would pick up on what Ms Honan said about our personal reflection as professionals in working and examining our own thoughts and feelings. If we can intervene in the earliest years through curriculum and all kinds of other interventions with very young children then by the time all of our student teachers, young adults and as adults ourselves, hopefully, we would have that conscientious around gender stereotypes. We, therefore, need to intervene very early on rather than simply wait until we are in college or actually teaching.