Nicole is an Online Course Facilitator in Health at UniSA Online. Nicole is responsible for contributing to the development and delivery of teaching for UniSA Online students. She works closely with divisional staff at UniSA and the wider teaching team to provide high-quality and engaging online teaching to undergraduate students and to coordinate the day-to-day activities of online tutoring staff.
Nicole's research focuses on nature-based play and learning in South Australian Primary schools. Her PhD research involved characterising the outdoor spaces in primary schools, and consulting with educators, principals and school staff to understand the current practices and perspectives of nature-based play and learning and the barriers to and ... Read more
About me
Nicole is an Online Course Facilitator in Health at UniSA Online. Nicole is responsible for contributing to the development and delivery of teaching for UniSA Online students. She works closely with divisional staff at UniSA and the wider teaching team to provide high-quality and engaging online teaching to undergraduate students and to coordinate the day-to-day activities of online tutoring staff.
Nicole's research focuses on nature-based play and learning in South Australian Primary schools. Her PhD research involved characterising the outdoor spaces in primary schools, and consulting with educators, principals and school staff to understand the current practices and perspectives of nature-based play and learning and the barriers to and enablers of these practices. She has used this information to create a set of recommendations for effectively implementing nature-based play and learning into primary schools.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Biomedical Research (Honours) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Science University of South Australia
Associate Degree in Languages and Culture Studies University of South Australia
Nicole’s most recent publication reports on the findings of semi-structured interviews that aimed to elicit educators’ perspectives and experiences of nature-based play and learning with their students. Analysis identified four overarching themes: the practice, perceived benefits, barriers and enablers of nature-based play and learning. Children’s learning, enjoyment, creativity, and a relaxed and flexible environment were clear benefits. Meanwhile educator knowledge and confidence and the crowded curriculum were barriers. Enablers were nature-based play and learning champions and support from school leadership. The findings suggest that schools can help engage students with nature-based play and learning activities by... Read more
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 |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
6
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| 2022 |
2
2
56
|
| 2022 |
Open access
3
1
5
|
| 2021 |
10
9
76
|
Research
Nicole’s most recent publication reports on the findings of semi-structured interviews that aimed to elicit educators’ perspectives and experiences of nature-based play and learning with their students. Analysis identified four overarching themes: the practice, perceived benefits, barriers and enablers of nature-based play and learning. Children’s learning, enjoyment, creativity, and a relaxed and flexible environment were clear benefits. Meanwhile educator knowledge and confidence and the crowded curriculum were barriers. Enablers were nature-based play and learning champions and support from school leadership. The findings suggest that schools can help engage students with nature-based play and learning activities by mitigating these barriers and promoting these enablers.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
