I came to work in the university sector in 2016, after 32 years of work in teaching and leadership in Early Childhood education. I have worked across all of the Birth – 8 age group in Kindergarten, Junior Primary School and Integrated Children’s centres and also within curriculum leadership positions with the Department for Education. I have a keen interest in early childhood curriculum and pedagogy. My Master of Education considered the importance of leadership in early childhood to bridge the two national curricula which impact on this field. I have taught in Reconceptualising Early Childhood, Arts Education, Critical Perspectives on Curriculum and Pedagogy, Curriculum Specialisation EC ( Arts,... Read more
About me
I came to work in the university sector in 2016, after 32 years of work in teaching and leadership in Early Childhood education. I have worked across all of the Birth – 8 age group in Kindergarten, Junior Primary School and Integrated Children’s centres and also within curriculum leadership positions with the Department for Education. I have a keen interest in early childhood curriculum and pedagogy. My Master of Education considered the importance of leadership in early childhood to bridge the two national curricula which impact on this field. I have taught in Reconceptualising Early Childhood, Arts Education, Critical Perspectives on Curriculum and Pedagogy, Curriculum Specialisation EC ( Arts, Hass and Design and Technology), Creating Positive Learning Environments and Professional experience courses. In 2021, I will be coordinating the Arts Across the Early Childhood Curriculum course. I also worked with Dr. Jamie Sisson, Professor Victoria Whitington and Professor Barbara Comber as Research Assistant in the Reimagining Early Childhood Education in South Australia Pilot project in 2017 and have published with them out of this research. I am currently embarking on HDR study examining Arts based pedagogy in early childhood.
About me
Master of Education (Leadership and Management) Flinders University
Bachelor of Special Education Flinders University
Diploma of Education South Australian College of Advanced Education
Research
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
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
5
5
1
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2024 |
Open access
1
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2023 |
Open access
1
|
2022 |
Open access
7
2
3
|
2022 |
Open access
2
3
1
|
2020 |
Open access
9
5
5
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External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Arizona State University | UNITED STATES |
Kent State University | UNITED STATES |
University of Georgia | UNITED STATES |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision