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• 2015

  Introduction to speech, language and literacy

  McLeod, S. (ed.) & McCormack, J. (ed.), 2015, Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press. 628 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited book › peer-review

  • written language
  • spoken language
  • literacy
  • educational success
  • life-span

• Investigating mathematics, science and technology in early childhood

  MacDonald, A. & Rafferty, J., 2015, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press. 288 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Textbook/Reference book › peer-review

  • childhood
  • mathematics
  • educator
  • holistic approach
  • learning

• Leading practice development: voices from the middle

  Grootenboer, P., Edwards-Groves, C. & Ronnerman, K., May 2015, In: Professional Development in Education. 41, 3, p. 508-526 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • leader
  • leadership
  • school education
  • development policy
  • interview
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Lenses and lessons: using three different research perspectives in early childhood education research

  Irvine, S., Davidson, C., Veresov, N., Adams, M. & Devi, A., 2015, In: Cultural-Historical Psychology. 11, 3, p. 75-85 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Lenses
  • Education
  • Research Personnel
  • Datasets
  • Interviews
  31 Downloads (Pure)

• Let’s Count Longitudinal Evaluation: Final Report

  Gervasoni, A. & Perry, B., 2015, The Smith Family. 104 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Research report not released to public

  • Evaluation Studies

• Opening up communicative spaces 'quality practices' in early childhood education through middle leadership

  Ronnerman, K., Edwards-Groves, C. & Grootenboer, P., 2015, In: NordSTEP: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. p. 67-76 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • childhood
  • leadership
  • teacher
  • learning
  • education
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Processes of categorisation and the politics of belonging in early childhood education and care: An infant's experience in multi-age family day care

  Stratigos, T., 2015, In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 16, 3, p. 214-229 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Infant Care
  • early childhood education and care
  • Politics
  • day care
  • infant
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Programming and planning in early childhood settings

  Beecher, B., Death, E., Dockett, S., Farmer, S. & Arthur, L., 2015, 6th ed. Australia: Cengage Learning. 439 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Textbook/Reference book › peer-review

• Re-conceptualising sustainable widening participation: Evaluation, collaboration and evolution

  Reed, R., King, A. & Whiteford, G., 2015, In: Higher Education Research and Development. 34, 2, p. 383-396 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • participation
  • evaluation
  • sustainability
  • education
  • industry
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Rethinking early childhood workforce sustainability in the context of Australia's early childhood education and care reforms

  Cumming, T., Sumsion, J. & Wong, S., 2015, In: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy. 9, 2, p. 1-15 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • early childhood education and care
  • Workforce
  • sustainability
  • childhood
  • Education
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Services for people with communication disability in Fiji: Barriers and drivers of change

  Hopf, S. & McLeod, S., 2015, In: Rural and Remote Health. 15, 3, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Fiji
  • communication disability
  • Communication Disorders
  • Melanesia
  • Disabled Persons
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Sound Start Study: A community-based randomised controlled trial for preschoolers with speech sound disorders

  McLeod, S., Baker, E., McCormack, J., Wren, Y., Roulstone, S., Crowe, K. & Masso, S., 2015, p. 131. 1 p.

  Research output: Other contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • Speech Sound Disorder
  • Literacy
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Child
  • Language

• Speech: Phonetics

  Cox, F. & McLeod, S., 2015, Introduction to speech, language and literacy. McLeod, S. & McCormack, J. (eds.). 1st ed. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press, p. 83-133 51 p.

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter in textbook/reference book › peer-review

  • phonetics
  • symbol

• Spirituality and child protection in early childhood education: A strengths approach

  Bone, J. & Fenton, A., Apr 2015, In: International Journal of Children's Spirituality. 20, 2, p. 86-99 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Protection
  • Early childhood Education
  • Spirituality
  • child protection
  • spirituality
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Taking an evaluative stance to decision-making about professional development options in early childhood education and care

  Brownlee, J. L., Sumsion, J., Irvine, S., Berthelsen, D., Farrell, A., Walsh, K., Ryan, S. & Mulhearn, G., 2015, In: Early Years. 35, 4, p. 411-426 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • early childhood education and care
  • Decision Making
  • leader
  • Education
  • decision making

• The construction of a taxonomy of early childhood educators' work

  Wong, S., Harrison, L., Gibson, M., Press, F., Sumsion, J. & Woods, A., Sep 2015, In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 40, 3, p. 79-88 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • taxonomy
  • childhood
  • educator
  • Workforce
  • data capture
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  1139 Downloads (Pure)

• The contribution of the ICF-CY to working with children with SSD

  McLeod, S., 2015, Children's speech sound disorders. Bowen, C. (ed.). 2nd ed. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, Vol. 2. p. 5-7 3 p.

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Silver Sulfadiazine
  • International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
  • Child

• The council of Australian government reforms [2007-2013]: A critical juncture in Australian early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy?

  Logan, H., Sumsion, J. & Press, F., Jun 2015, In: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy. 9, 8, p. 1-16 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • early childhood education and care
  • government reform
  • Education
  • history
  • History
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding who cares: Creating the evidence to address the long-standing policy problem of staff shortages in early childhood education and care

  Press, F., Wong, S. & Gibson, M., Jan 2015, In: Journal of Family Studies. 21, 1, p. 87-100 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • early childhood education and care
  • shortage
  • staff
  • evidence
  • family policy
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Using strengths-based approaches in early years practice and research

  Fenton, A., Walsh, K., Wong, S. & Cumming, T., Apr 2015, In: International Journal of Early Childhood. 47, 1, p. 27-52 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Psychology
  • Social Work
  • synergy
  • social psychology
  • research approach
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Babies in space

  Sumsion, J., Stratigos, T. & Bradley, B., 2014, Lived spaces of infant-toddler education and care: Exploring diverse perspectives on theory, research and practice. Harrison, L. J. & Sumsion, J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 43-58 16 p. ( International perspectives on early childhood education and development; vol. 11).

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  4 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Broadening the 'Environment' in Social Work: Impacts of a Study Abroad Program

  Boetto, H., Moorhead, B. & Bell, K., 2014, In: Critical Social Work. 15, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • studies abroad
  • social work
  • environmental damage
  • India
  • student

• Changing practices, changing education

  Kemmis, S., Wilkinson, J., Edwards-Groves, C., Hardy, I., Grootenboer, P. & Bristol, L., 2014, Singapore: Springer Singapore. 278 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • organizational culture
  • educational practice
  • teacher
  • learning
  • ecology
  291 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Constructions of social inclusion within Australian early childhood education and care policy documents

  Wong, S. & Turner, K., 2014, In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 15, 1, p. 54-68 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • early childhood education and care
  • inclusion
  • Education
  • Social Justice
  • Poverty
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Continuity of learning: a resource to support effective transition to school and school age care

  Dockett, S., Perry, B., Dunlop, A-W., Einarsdottir, J., Garpelin, A., Graue, B., Harrison, L., Lam, M. S. M., Mackenzie, N., Margetts, K., Murray, E., Perry, R., Peters, S., Petriwskyj, A. & Turunen, T., 2014, Canberra, ACT: Department of Education. 97 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Textbook/Reference book › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  151 Downloads (Pure)

• Creating space for infants to influence ECEC practice: The encounter, écart, reversibility and ethical reflection

  Elwick, S., Bradley, B. & Sumsion, J., Jul 2014, In: Educational Philosophy and Theory. 46, 8, p. 873-885 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Reversibility
  • Ethical Reflection
  • infant
  • Participatory Research
  • Participation
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Curation in translation: Promoting global citizenship through literature

  Garrison, K., Forest, D. E. & Kimmel, S. C., Jan 2014, In: School Libraries Worldwide. 20, 1, p. 70-96 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • librarian
  • citizenship
  • rights of the child
  • cultural diversity
  • disposition
  23 Downloads (Pure)

• Design-based research for professional learning for Cultural Mathematics

  Kravia, G. & Owens, K., 2014, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: Curriculum in Focus: Research Guided Practice. Anderson, J., Cavanagh, M. & Prescott, A. (eds.). Adelaide: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, p. 730-733 4 p.

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • elementary school
  • teacher of languages
  • mathematics
  • Papua-New Guinea
  • ecology
  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Education Through Mobilisation: Toward Climate Change Mitigation

  Adlong, W., 2014, Australia: Charles Sturt University. 361 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

  Open Access

  File

  • Social Movements
  • climate change
  • mobilization
  • renewable energy
  • norm formation
  55 Downloads (Pure)

• Family day care educators' knowledge, confidence and skills in promoting children's social and emotional wellbeing: Baseline data from thrive

  Davis, E., Corr, L., Cook, K., Harrison, L., Herrman, H., Sims, M., Mackinnon, A., Mihalopoulos, C., Marshall, B., Ummer-Christian, R., Gilson, K. & Waters, E., Sep 2014, In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 39, 3, p. 66-75 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • day care
  • confidence
  • educator
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Child
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  435 Downloads (Pure)

• Indigenous languages and mathematics in elementary schools

  Edmonds-Wathen, C., Owens, K., Sakopa, P. & Bino, V., 2014, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: Curriculum in Focus: Research Guided Practice. Anderson, J., Cavanagh, M. & Prescott, A. (eds.). Adelaide: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, p. 207-214 8 p.

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • elementary school
  • mathematics
  • teacher
  • Papua-New Guinea
  • technical language
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• Infants, family day care and the politics of belonging

  Stratigos, T., Bradley, B. & Sumsion, J., Aug 2014, In: International Journal of Early Childhood. 46, 2, p. 171-186 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • early childhood education and care
  • Politics
  • day care
  • infant
  • Education
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Infants of the knowledge economy: The ambition of the Australian government's early years learning framework

  Cheeseman, S., Sumsion, J. & Press, F., 2014, In: Pedagogy Culture and Society. 22, 3, p. 405-424 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • knowledge economy
  • infant
  • childhood
  • discourse
  • learning
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Insider perspectives on influence and decision making in the Australian political sphere: A case study of national quality policy in ECEC 2006-09

  Bown, K., Dec 2014, In: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 39, 4, p. 54-63 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • early childhood education and care
  • Decision Making
  • Education
  • decision making
  • human capital
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction: Exploring lived spaces of infant-toddler education and care

  Sumsion, J. & Harrison, L., 2014, Lived spaces of infant-toddler education and care. Harrison, L. J. & Sumsion, J. (eds.). Dordrecht, Germany: Springer-Verlag London Ltd., p. 1-16 16 p. (International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; vol. 11).

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • early childhood education and care
  • infant
  • education
  • research policy
  • research practice
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• iTKNe: Building An Online Environment for Transnational Knowledge Exchange in Teacher Education

  Tamatea, L., Takayama, K., Singh, M., Green, W., Harreveld, B., Le Ha, P., Munday, J., Danaher, P. & Gough, A., 2014, Sydney, NSW: Office for Learning & Teaching. 42 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • knowledge
  • teacher
  • education
  • university
  • school research
  94 Downloads (Pure)

• Language maintenance and loss in a population study of young Australian children

  Verdon, S., McLeod, S. & Winsler, A., Jun 2014, In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 29, 2, p. 168-181 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Language
  • Child
  • Population
  • speaking
  • language acquisition
  34 Citations (Scopus)

  30 Downloads (Pure)

• Lived spaces of infant-toddler education and care: Exploring diverse perspectives on theory, research and practice

  Harrison, L. & Sumsion, J., 2014, Dordrecht: Springer. 244 p. (International perspectives on early childhood education and development; vol. 11)

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited book › peer-review

  • infant
  • education
  • Social Environment
  • experience
  • curriculum
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Lived spaces of infant-toddler education and care: Implications for policy?

  Press, F. & Mitchell, L., 2014, Lived spaces of infant-toddler education and care: Exploring diverse perspectives on theory, research and practice. Harrison, L. J. & Sumsion, J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 225-240 16 p. (International perspectives on early childhood education and development; vol. 11).

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • infant
  • education
  • early childhood education and care
  • rights of the child
  • educator
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Multiple influences on children's transition to school

  Murray, E., 2014, Transitions to school - International research, policy and practice. Perry, B., Dockett, S. & Petriwskyj., A. (eds.). Netherlands: Springer, p. 47-59 13 p. (International perspectives on early childhood education and development; vol. 9).

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Child
  • Child Care
  • Social Adjustment
  • Learning
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Opening up possibilities through team research: An investigation of infants’ lives in early childhood education settings

  Sumsion, J., 2014, In: Qualitative Research. 14, 2, p. 149-165 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Early childhood Education
  • Research Teams
  • infant
  • childhood
  • Instrumentalist
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)

• Outcomes of 3-year old children with hearing loss and different types of additional disabilities

  Cupples, L., Ching, T. Y. C., Crowe, K., Seeto, M., Leigh, G., Street, L., Day, J., Marnane, V. & Thomson, J., 2014, In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 19, 1, p. 20-39 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Hearing Loss
  • disability
  • Child
  • Language
  • Mothers
  42 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Parents' beliefs and evaluations of young children's computer use

  Hatzigianni, M. & Kay, M., Dec 2014, In: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 39, 4, p. 114-123 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Parents
  • evaluation
  • Child
  • children's home
  • Technology
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  187 Downloads (Pure)

• Performers and postulates: The role of evolving socio-historical contexts in shaping new teacher professional identities

  Leonard, S. N. & Roberts, P., Sep 2014, In: Critical Studies in Education. 55, 3, p. 303-318 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • teacher
  • social system
  • research approach
  • adulthood
  • adolescence
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Predictors of numeracy performance in national testing programs: Insights from the longitudinal Study of Australian children

  Carmichael, C., MacDonald, A. & Piazza, L., Aug 2014, In: British Educational Research Journal. 40, 4, p. 637-659 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • longitudinal study
  • performance
  • literacy
  • regression
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Relationships matter: Some benefits, challenges and tensions associated with forming a collaborative educational researcher group

  Wong, S., Murray, E., Rivalland, C., Monk, H., McFarland, L. & Daniel, G., Jul 2014, In: Australian Educational Researcher. 41, 3, p. 243-259 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • educational research
  • heuristics
  • Group
  • literature
  • childhood
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• School and classroom indicators of inclusive education

  Lancaster, J., 2014, Measuring inclusive education. Forlin, C. & Loreman, T. (eds.). United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, p. 227-245 19 p.

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • classroom
  • teacher
  • education
  • inclusion
  • self-efficacy
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Self-Organisation in Course Design: A Collaborative, Theory-Based Approach to Course Development in Inclusive Education

  Zundans-Fraser, L., 2014, Australia: Charles Sturt University. 651 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

  Open Access

  File

  • self-organization
  • education
  • reform
  • methodology
  • research process
  260 Downloads (Pure)

• Social justice dimensions of starting school

  Perry, B., 2014, Transitions to school: International research, policy and practice. Perry, B., Dockett, S. & Petriwskyj, A. (eds.). The Netherlands: Springer, p. 175-186 12 p. (International perspectives on early childhood education and development; vol. 9).

  Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • social justice
  • childhood
  • convention on the rights of the child
  • education
  • primary school
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Strengths approaches to early childhood education

  Fenton, A., 01 Dec 2014.

  Research output: Other contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • childhood
  • education
  • child protection
  • mobile social services
  • interview