Dr Alexandra Diamond

Lecturer: Early Childhood UniSA Education Futures

Magill Campus (G1-37)
tel +61 8 830 24738

email Alexandra.Diamond@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Alexandra is a lecturer in early childhood and a PhD candidate. Her PhD research investigated young children’s language socialisation in a rural Indo-Fijian community. Please click on the link below to access some of Alexandra's research papers.

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About me

In the media

Date	Title
07/12/2018	80 children successfully trained at Kushal Lachman Gounder Memorial Swimming and Water Safety Project, https://fijivillage.com/news/80-children-successfully-trained-at-Kushal-Lachman-Gounder-Memorial-Swimming-and-Water-Safety-Project--52skr9/

Research

Research focus

Education Systems
Specialist Studies in Education
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Psychology
Child- and Family-Friendly Communities

Highlights

Young children's language socialisation, Families and parenting, Child- and family-friendly communities,

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2022	Harris, P, Camaitoga, U, Brock, C, Diamond, A, McInnes, E & Neill, B 2022, 'Co-creating multilingual books with children to foster their literacies', Reading Teacher, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 555-565. Open access 3 3
2022	Wrench, A, Neill, B & Diamond, A 2022, 'International service-learning: possibilities for developing intercultural competence and culturally responsive pedagogies', Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 215-228. Open access 2 1
2021	Harris, P, Diamond, A, Neill, B, McInnes, E, Brock, C & Camaitoga, U 2021, 'Fostering young children's literacy in home and community settings: a dialogic approach to developing culturally relevant and sustaining practices', in LA Henry & NA Stahl (eds), Literacy Across the Community: Research: Research, Praxis, and Trends, Routledge, UK, ch. 6, pp. 73-88. Open access 1
2015	Diamond, A & Whitington, V 2015, 'Studying early brain development: Educators' reports about their learning and its applications to early childhood policies and practices', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 11-19. Open access 6
2014	Diamond, A 2014, 'Pre-service early childhood educators' leadership development through reflective engagement with experiential service learning and leadership literature', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 12-20. 10 5

Books

Year	Output
2020	Harris, P, Brock, C, McInnes, E, Neill, B, Diamond, A, Carter, J, Camaitoga, U, Krishna, M & Giannakis, E 2020, Children's multilingual literacy: fostering childhood literacy in home and community settings, Springer, Singapore. 6

Chapters

Year	Output
2023	Harris, P, Camaitoga, U, Krishna, M, Brock, C, McInnes, E, Diamond, A & Neill, B 2023, 'Co-constructing opportunities for shared, collective literacies learning in communities in Fiji', in C Brock, B Exley & L-I Rigney (eds), International Perspectives on Literacies, Diversities, and Opportunities for Learning: Critical Conversations, Routledge, UK, ch. 14, pp. 212-227.
2021	Harris, P, Diamond, A, Neill, B, McInnes, E, Brock, C & Camaitoga, U 2021, 'Fostering young children's literacy in home and community settings: a dialogic approach to developing culturally relevant and sustaining practices', in LA Henry & NA Stahl (eds), Literacy Across the Community: Research: Research, Praxis, and Trends, Routledge, UK, ch. 6, pp. 73-88. Open access 1
2020	McInnes, E, Whitington, V, Diamond, A & Neill, B 2020, 'Embedding wellbeing and creating community in classrooms', in K Brettig (ed.), Building Stronger Communities with Children and Families, 2nd ed., Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, ch. 7, pp. 123-149. Open access
2018	Harris, P, Brock, C, Diamond, A, McInnes, E, Neill, B, Camaitoga, U & Krishna, M 2018, '"You, us and a bus": exploring analysis as cross-cultural collaboration in Fiji', in S Madrid Akpovo, MJ Moran & R Brookshire (eds), Collaborative cross-cultural research methodologies in early care and education contexts, Routledge, US, ch. 11, pp. 169-186. Open access 3 1
2016	McInnes, E, Diamond, A & Whitington, V 2016, 'Developing trauma-informed pedagogy in a classroom with 6-8 children', in D Schaub & E McInnes (eds), Trauma and meaning making, Inter-Disciplinary Press, UK, ch. 10, pp. 209-231.
2015	McInnes, E, Diamond, A & Whitington, V 2015, 'Embedding wellbeing and creating community in classrooms', in K Brettig (ed.), Building stronger communities with children and families, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, ch. 7, pp. 104-127.
2014	McInnes, EM, Diamond, AK & Whitington, V 2014, 'Developing Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in a Year 2-3 Classroom', in M Callaghan (ed.), How Trauma Resonates: Art, Literature and Theoretical practice, 1, Inter-Disciplinary Press, UK, pp. 127-138.
2011	McInnes, E & Diamond, A 2011, 'Child and family centres: how effective?', in K Brettig & M Sims (eds), Building integrated connections for children, their families and communities, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ch. 4, pp. 52-72.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Diamond, A 2024, 'Young children becoming translingual practitioners in their Indo-Fijian community', Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, online, pp. 1-19. Open access
2024	Diamond, A 2024, 'Young children's language socialisation to baby talk and ontology of infancy in a small rural Indo-Fijian community', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, online, pp. 1-15. Open access
2024	MacGill, BM, Jattan, S, Lal, D, Narain, B, Neill, B, Nayaca, T, Diamond, A & Camaitoga, U 2024, 'Ethics of care: pedagogical encounters from Oceania', Qualitative Research Journal, vol. 24, no.1, pp. 39-48. Open access 1
2022	Harris, P, Camaitoga, U, Brock, C, Diamond, A, McInnes, E & Neill, B 2022, 'Co-creating multilingual books with children to foster their literacies', Reading Teacher, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 555-565. Open access 3 3
2022	Wrench, A, Neill, B & Diamond, A 2022, 'International service-learning: possibilities for developing intercultural competence and culturally responsive pedagogies', Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 215-228. Open access 2 1
2021	McInnes, E, Harris, P, Neill, B, Diamond, A, Brock, C & Camaitoga, U 2021, 'Supporting preschool age children's wellbeing through home-based literacy development in three Fijian communities', New Zealand-International Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 36-51.
2020	Harris, P, Brock, CH, McInnes, E, Diamond, A, Neill, B, Carter, J & Giannakis, E 2020, 'Co-constructing culturally sustaining practices for fostering young children's literacy in Fiji', Journal of Research in Childhood Education, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 127-152. Open access 4 3 4
2015	Diamond, A & Whitington, V 2015, 'Studying early brain development: Educators' reports about their learning and its applications to early childhood policies and practices', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 11-19. Open access 6
2014	Diamond, A 2014, 'Pre-service early childhood educators' leadership development through reflective engagement with experiential service learning and leadership literature', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 12-20. 10 5
2013	Hill, S & Diamond, AK 2013, 'Family literacy in response to local contexts', Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 48-55. 10
2009	Whitington, V, Ebbeck, MA, Diamond, AK & Yim, HY 2009, 'A pathway to enhancing professionalism: building a bridge between TAFE and university early childhood qualifications', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 27-35. 6 5

Conferences

Year	Output
2013	McInnes, E, Diamond, A & Whitington, V 2013, 'An inclusive classroom-based approach to improving student well-being', in J White (ed.), Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference 2013, Australian Association for Research in Education, pp. 1-13. Open access
2012	McInnes, E, Diamond, A & Whitington, V 2012, 'Supporting children's well-being in a year 2/3 classroom', 13th International Mental Health Conference POSITIVE CHANGE: Investing in Mental Health, AST Management, pp. 20-25. Open access
2011	Diamond, AK & Ey, L 2011, 'Primary school children's perspectives of community support systems', in J Wright (ed.), Researching Across Boundaries, AARE 2011 conference, Australian Association for Research in Education, Paper no. 00643, pp. 1-17. Open access
2011	Hill, S & Diamond, AK 2011, 'Reading, parents and family literacy', in J Wright (ed.), Australian Assoc for Research in Education (AARE) 2011 conference, AARE - Australian Association for Research in Educ..., article no. 00622, pp. 1-13. Open access
2009	Diamond, A & Meiners, J 2009, ''In the real world': Lapsit - an experiential learning project with early childhood education students', EbLA Inaugural Conference, Experienced-based Learning Association, pp. 1-7.

Reports

Year	Output
2017	Harris, P, McInnes, E, Brock, C, Neill, B, Diamond, A, Carter, J & Camaitoga, U 2017, Fostering preschool literacy in Fiji's communities, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2014	McInnes, E, Diamond, A & Whitington, V 2014, The wellbeing classroom: embedding wellbeing, creating community report, Communities for Children Salisbury, the Salvation Army and the Schools Ministry Group, Australia. Open access
2013	Diamond, A, McInnes, E & Whitington, V 2013, Family services in suburbs; do they make a difference in children's development? What 2009 and 2012 Australian Early Development Index results reveal about the efficacy of Salisbury Communities for children., Salisbury Communities for Children, Australia. Open access
2011	McInnes, E & Diamond, A 2011, Evaluation of child and family centre: Family Zone Ingle Farm Hub, Salvation Army Ingle Farm, Australia. Open access
2009	Diamond, AK & Willouhgby, L-A 2009, Report on the findings from Salisbury Communities for Children Consultations with Primary School Children 2009, The Salvation Army Ingle Farm, Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

12th OMEP Asia-Pacific Conference organising committee.
OMEP SA Branch member, 2018 onwards.
New Colombo Plan Mobility Program, Project ID 30825, Fiji Swimming and Water-safety program, 2022.
New Colombo Plan Mobility Program, Project ID 22912, Fiji Swimming and Water-safety program, 2018.
UniSA Experience Plus Grant for 'Reconciliation in Early Childhood Education', 2015.
UniSA Experience Plus Grant for 'Reconciliation in Early Childhood Education', 2014.
UniSA Experience Plus Grant for ‘Early Childhood Networking Event’, 2014.
Harris, P, Glover, A, McInnes, E, Carter, J, Diamond, A, Anae, N & Camaitoga U, AusAID Development Research Awards Scheme (ADRAS) ‘Developing a community approach to supporting literacy for pre-schoolers in Fiji’, 2013.
UniSA Experience Plus Grant for ‘Early Childhood Networking Event’ 2012.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Fiji Early Childhood Teachers Association	FIJI
Fiji Early Childhood Teachers' Association	FIJI
Fiji National University	FIJI
National Council of Women Fiji	FIJI
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of the South Pacific	FIJI
University of Wyoming	UNITED STATES

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2018
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2017
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2016
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2015
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2014
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2013
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2012
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2011
Member Early Childhood Australia, South Australia Branch	2010

Other

AUSTSWIM completes swimming and water safety project in Fiji. Australian Leisure Management. https://www.ausleisure.com.au/news/austswim-completes-swimming-and-water-safety-project-in-fiji/

Water safety project helps tackle high drowning rates in Fiji. http://w3.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2019/February/story12.asp

80 children successfully trained at Kushal Lachman Gounder Memorial Swimming and Water Safety Project http://fijivillage.com/news/80-children-successfully-trained-at-Kushal-Lachman-Gounder-Memorial-Swimming-and-Water-Safety-Project--52skr9/

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