2018 Conference Publication Professionalism, paperwork and pedagogy: Identifying leadership strategies that enable professional practice in long day careIrvine, S., Thorpe, K. and Bourne, J. (2018). Professionalism, paperwork and pedagogy: Identifying leadership strategies that enable professional practice in long day care. Early Childhood Australia Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2018. |
2018 Conference Publication An insider's view: women's talk about men in childcareSullivan, V., Perales, F. and Thorpe, K. (2018). An insider's view: women's talk about men in childcare. European Early Childhood Education Research Association, Budapest, Hungary, 30 August 2018. |
2018 Conference Publication A Man in the Centre: Insider perspectives on the unique contribution of male educators to children, families and the ECEC workplaceThorpe, K., Sullivan, V., Jansen, E., Irvine, S., Sumision, J. and McDonald, P. (2018). A Man in the Centre: Insider perspectives on the unique contribution of male educators to children, families and the ECEC workplace. European Early Education and Care Research Association Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 28-31 August 2018. |
2017 Conference Publication Belonging, being or becoming: educators’ understandings of their professional status and work rolesIrvine, Sue , Lunn, Jo , Sumsion, Jennifer , Jansen, Elena , Sullivan, Victoria and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Belonging, being or becoming: educators’ understandings of their professional status and work roles. European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference, Bologna, Italy, 27 August-1 September 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication SLEEP: Sleep learning for Early Education Professionals for Babies and Toddlers WorkshopThorpe, K. and Staton, S. (2017). SLEEP: Sleep learning for Early Education Professionals for Babies and Toddlers Workshop. Early Start Conference, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 27-29 September 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication It Takes Three to Tango: Connecting Policy, Practice and Research to improve Sleep, Rest and Relaxation in Early Childhood Education and CareStaton, S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2017). It Takes Three to Tango: Connecting Policy, Practice and Research to improve Sleep, Rest and Relaxation in Early Childhood Education and Care. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Canberra, Australia, 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication What about the childcare educator? Sustaining positive ECEC experiences.Thorpe, Karen , Jansen, Elena , Irvine, Sue , McDonald, Paula , Sullivan, Victoria , Lunn, Jo and Sumsion, Jennifer (2017). What about the childcare educator? Sustaining positive ECEC experiences. . European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Utrecht, Netherlands, 29 August-1 September 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication Providing safe and supportive sleep environments in early childhood education and careStaton, S., Pattison, C., Irvine, S., Smith, S. and Thorpe, K. (2017). Providing safe and supportive sleep environments in early childhood education and care. Early Start Conference, Wollongong, Australia, 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication ECEC quality assessed, observed and enabledThorpe, K. (2017). ECEC quality assessed, observed and enabled. In: Early Start Conference, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, (). 27-29 September 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication Choosing Rest: Finding Effective Alternatives to Mandated Rest-times in ECECStaton, S., Thorpe, K., Irvine, S., Smith, S., Pattinson, C., McArdle, F., McNellie, P., Oakes, C. and Houen, S. (2017). Choosing Rest: Finding Effective Alternatives to Mandated Rest-times in ECEC. Queensland Government Department of Education and Training Research Forum, Brisbane, 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication Supporting sleep development in early childhood: What role does childcare play?Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Smith, S., Irvine, S. and Thorpe, K. (2017). Supporting sleep development in early childhood: What role does childcare play?. 18th European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication Meeting in the middle – How can governments and researchers work together to achieve impact. A case study from Queensland. Featured Symposium: Impact of schooling education research on policy and practice in Australia (NSW, QLD and WA Departments of Education)Fergusson, A., Staton, S., Thorpe, K. and Irvine, S. (2017). Meeting in the middle – How can governments and researchers work together to achieve impact. A case study from Queensland. Featured Symposium: Impact of schooling education research on policy and practice in Australia (NSW, QLD and WA Departments of Education). Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 26-30 November 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication Pretend play and technology: young children making sense of their everyday social worldsDanby, S., Davidson, C., Theobald, M., Houen, Sandy and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Pretend play and technology: young children making sense of their everyday social worlds. Symposium on The Multidisciplinary Aspects of Play, Australia, 2017. |
2017 Conference Publication Severe sleep restriction in expedition adventure race competitorsSt Pierre, L., Allan, A., Staton, S., Pattinson, C., Thorpe, K. and Smith, S. (2017). Severe sleep restriction in expedition adventure race competitors. Joint Congress of World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) & World Sleep Federation (WSF), Prague, Czech Republic, 7-11 October 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.11.023 |
2017 Conference Publication Sleep Learning for Early Education ProfessionalsStaton, S., Smith, S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C. and Thorpe, K. (2017). Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals. Queensland Government Department of Education and Training Research Forum, Brisbane, 2017. |
2016 Conference Publication Do Men Matter? Educator Perspectives on the role of Men in ECECSullivan, V., Jansen, E., McDonald, P. and Thorpe, K. (2016). Do Men Matter? Educator Perspectives on the role of Men in ECEC. ARACY Early Years Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, August 2016. |
2016 Conference Publication Group napping patterns in relation to duration of mandatory naptimes in childcare settingsStaton, Sally, Smith, Simon, Hurst, C., Pattinson, Cassandra and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Group napping patterns in relation to duration of mandatory naptimes in childcare settings. SLEEP, Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Boston, MA USA, 2016. |
2016 Conference Publication Same job, different place: The role of community context in predicting retention in the early years workforceThorpe, K. and Jansen, E. (2016). Same job, different place: The role of community context in predicting retention in the early years workforce. ARACY Early Years Conference, Cairns, August 2016. |
2016 Conference Publication Sleep when the baby sleeps: infant daytime sleep predicts maternal depressive symptomologyThorpe, K., Staton, S., Cockshaw, W., Pattinson, C. and Smith, S. (2016). Sleep when the baby sleeps: infant daytime sleep predicts maternal depressive symptomology. Conference of the American Sleep Physicians Association, Denver, CO, United States, June 2016. |
2016 Conference Publication Building a professional ECEC workforce: An Australian case studyIrvine, S., Thorpe, K., Lunn, J., Sumsion, J. and Mckinlay, S. (2016). Building a professional ECEC workforce: An Australian case study. In: European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference, Dublin, Ireland, (). August 2016. |