Journal articles

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Attracting and retaining trained ECEC staff, Every Child (2011)

The Federal Government needs to ensure that the significant investment in training the early childhood...

 

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When does the 15 hours preschool program start (and end)?, Every Child (2011)

The administration and reporting of how each child receives 15 hours of preschool program could...

 

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Who wants to work in childcare? Pre-service early childhood teacher’s consideration of work in the child-care sector (with Karen Thorpe, Jo Ailwood, and Jo Brownlee), Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (2011)

Australia is currently witnessing considerable change in conceptualisation of the role of child care. This...

 

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Preferences of first-time expectant mothers for care of their child: I wouldn’t leave them somewhere that made me feel insecure (with Karen J. Thorpe and Collette Patria Tayler), Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (2010)

Australia has witnessed a continual increase in maternal employment over the past two decades, which...

 

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Re-thinking the management of community-based early childhood services, Every Child (2007)
 

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Supporting the caregivers of infants and toddlers, Childcare and Children’s Health (2000)
 

Book chapters

Comparing early childhood education and care across Australia (with Joanne Ailwood), School of Education Papers (2007)
 

Theses

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Parent decisions regarding paid work and care of the child, PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology (2011)

Australia has witnessed a continual increase in maternal employment over the past two decades, which...

 

Conference publications

Children's agency and participation in a water awareness program in early childhood centres in Australia, Explore, experience, educate: the 6th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) (2011)

This paper reports on an evaluation of this program, which was a qualitative study that...

 

Policies to support maternal employment and care for the child: what does the research tell us?, Social policy in a complex world: Australian Social Policy Conference (2011)

Continual increase in maternal employment in Australia over the past three decades has focused attention...

 

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Maternal employment and satisfaction with care (with Karen Thorpe), Sustaining families in challenging times: the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference (2010)

A continual increase in maternal employment in Australia over the past three decades has focused...

 

Returning to work? Preferences and decisions of first-time mothers about engagement in paid work and care of their child (with Karen J. Thorpe and Collette Patria Tayler), Society for Research in Child Development (2009)

This prospective longitudinal study investigates the preferences and decisions of first-time mothers about engagement in...

 

'I wouldn’t leave them somewhere that made me feel insecure': Preferences of expectant first-time mothers for care of their child (with Collette Patria Tayler and Karen J. Thorpe), Children: a nation's capital 'Investing in our children': Early Childhood Australia Biennial Conference (2008)

Australia, like other developed economies, has witnessed continual increase in maternal employment over the past...

 

Intentions in tension: personal and structural factors affecting expectant first-time mother’s decisions about return to work (with Karen J. Thorpe and Collette Patria Tayler), 20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) (2008)

First-time expectant mothers' views about paid work and care of the child represent those of...

 

The impact and potential of water education in early childhood care and education settings (AWA Conference) (with Barbara Jensen), Australian Water Association Conference (2008)

With increasing numbers of children spending time in early childhood centres, there is a ready...

 

The impact and potential of water education in early childhood care and education settings (Early Childhood Australia Conference) (with Melinda Miller and Megan Gibson), Children: a nation's capital 'Investing in our children': Early Childhood Australia Biennial Conference (2008)
 

Parents’ decisions regarding paid work and care of the child (Creche & Kindergarten Conference), Waves of change: children, community, curriculum: Creche & Kindergarten Conference (2007)
 

Parents’ decisions regarding paid work and care of the child (Family Day Care Professional Development Conference), National Family Day Care Professional Development Conference (2007)
 

The impact and potential of water education in early childhood care and education settings (NSW Environmental Educators Conference) (with Barbara Jensen), The future begins with early childhood: 28th NSW Environmental Educators Conference (2007)

With increasing numbers of children spending time in early childhood centres, there is a ready...

 

Undergraduate early childhood education students and their talk about child care (with Joanne Ailwood), Re-thinking early childhood education: 8th Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA) Conference (2007)
 

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First year early childhood education students’ beliefs about children in long day child care (with Joanne Ailwood), Australian Teacher Education Association Conference (2006)

It has been suggested, anecdotally, that many early childhood education and care (ECEC) students hold...

 

Reports

A report on the impact and potential of water education in early childhood care and education settings (with Julie Davis, Melinda Miller, and Megan Gibson), School of Education Papers (2008)