Language and literacy in early childhood education
Choosing work and care: Australian women negotiating return to paid work in the first year of motherhoodChoosing work and care: Australian women negotiating return to paid work in the first year of motherhood (with Karen Thorpe and Susan Walker), Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood (2013)
Australian women make decisions about return to paid work and care for their child within...
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Choosing work and choosing care: Australian women negotiating their return to paid work in the first year of motherhood., Early Childhood Australia National Conference (2012)
"Friday is my research day": chance, time and desire in the search for the teaching-research nexus in the life of a university teacher (with William E. Boyd, Meg O'Reilly, Karyn Rendall, Stephen Rowe, Erica Wilson, Kay Dimmock, Elaine Nuske, Johan Richard Edelheim, Daniel J. Bucher, and Kath Fisher), Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice (2012)
This paper builds on some ideas recently presented by Boyd et al. (2010). In that...
Maternal employment and childcare in Australia: achievements and barriers to satisfying employment, Australian Bulletin of Labour (2012)
The Australian Government has begun effecting significant changes that focus on the provision of high-quality,...
To work or not to work: Changes in the intentions to return to work amongst first-time mothers (with Prue Millear and Karen Thorpe), European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (2012)
Attracting and retaining trained ECEC staff, Every Child (2011)
The Federal Government needs to ensure that the significant investment in training the early childhood...
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...
Parent decisions regarding paid work and care of the child, PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld., (2011) (2011)
Australia has witnessed a continual increase in maternal employment over the past two decades, which...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)
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...
'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...
The impact and potential of water education in early childhood care and education settings (with Melinda Miller and Megan Gibson), Children: a nation's capital 'Investing in our children': Early Childhood Australia Biennial Conference (2008)
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...
Comparing early childhood education and care across Australia (with Joanne Ailwood), School of Education Papers (2007)
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)
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...