Research

Current funded research areas include:

• Early Intervention Research Programme (Australian Scholarships Group)
• Evaluating professional experience and mentoring in the preparation and induction of teachers for the teaching profession (ARC)

Staff are also involved in other research areas that focus on:

• Social emotional development (Sharne Rolfe, Kay Margetts, Margaret Brown, Maria Remine)
• Socio-cultural factors and child learning (Kay Margetts)
• Attachment (Sharne Rolfe)
• Parent-child interaction (Sharne Rolfe, Margaret Brown, Anne-Marie Morrissey)
• Language and communication (Louise Paatsch, Dianne Toe, Margaret Brown)
• Transition and adjustment to school (Kay Margetts)
• Preschool curriculum (Jan Deans, Robert Brown)
• Arts in the preschool (Jan Deans, Robert Brown)
• Early literacy (Bridie Raban, John Munro, Margaret Brown)
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Anna Bortoli, Maria Remine)
• Inclusion and special education (Anna Bortoli)
• Deafness Studies (Louise Paatsch, Dianne Toe)
• Gifted education (John Munro, Anne-Marie Morrissey)