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2017

Book Chapter

Pretend play and technology: Young children making sense of their everyday social worlds

Danby, Susan, Davidson, Christina, Theobald, Maryanne, Houen, Sandra and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Pretend play and technology: Young children making sense of their everyday social worlds. Multidisciplinary perspectives on play from birth and beyond. (pp. 231-245) edited by Sandra Lynch, Deborah Pike and Cynthia à Beckett. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2643-0_14

Pretend play and technology: Young children making sense of their everyday social worlds

2017

Conference Publication

Providing safe and supportive sleep environments in early childhood education and care

Staton, 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.

Providing safe and supportive sleep environments in early childhood education and care

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.

What about the childcare educator? Sustaining positive ECEC experiences.

2017

Conference Publication

Severe sleep restriction in expedition adventure race competitors

St 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

Severe sleep restriction in expedition adventure race competitors

2017

Book Chapter

Friendships

Theobald, M., Danby, S., Thorpe, K. and Thompson, C. (2017). Friendships. Health and wellbeing in the early years. (pp. 141-160) edited by Susanne Garvis and Donna Pendergast. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316780107.011

Friendships

2017

Journal Article

Psychometric properties of the classroom assessment scoring system (Pre-K): implications for measuring interaction quality in diverse early childhood settings

Cloney, Dan, Nguyen, Cuc, Adams, Raymond J., Tayler, Collette, Cleveland, Gordon and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Psychometric properties of the classroom assessment scoring system (Pre-K): implications for measuring interaction quality in diverse early childhood settings. Journal of Applied Measurement, 18 (3), 299-318.

Psychometric properties of the classroom assessment scoring system (Pre-K): implications for measuring interaction quality in diverse early childhood settings

2017

Conference Publication

It Takes Three to Tango: Connecting Policy, Practice and Research to improve Sleep, Rest and Relaxation in Early Childhood Education and Care

Staton, 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.

It Takes Three to Tango: Connecting Policy, Practice and Research to improve Sleep, Rest and Relaxation in Early Childhood Education and Care

2017

Other Outputs

Informing Queensland’s Workforce Action Plan for ECEC: Group and service level variation in educator engagement, satisfaction, training and retention.

Jensen, Elena, Sullivan, Victoria, Irvine, Sue and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Informing Queensland’s Workforce Action Plan for ECEC: Group and service level variation in educator engagement, satisfaction, training and retention. . Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of Technology.

Informing Queensland’s Workforce Action Plan for ECEC: Group and service level variation in educator engagement, satisfaction, training and retention.

2017

Book Chapter

Assessment, early identifi cation and individualised learning

Mitchell, Sue and Thorpe, Karen (2017). Assessment, early identifi cation and individualised learning. Disability and Inclusion in Early Years Education. (pp. 26-56) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315637877-3

Assessment, early identifi cation and individualised learning

2017

Conference Publication

SLEEP: Sleep learning for Early Education Professionals for Babies and Toddlers Workshop

Thorpe, 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.

SLEEP: Sleep learning for Early Education Professionals for Babies and Toddlers Workshop

2017

Conference Publication

Choosing Rest: Finding Effective Alternatives to Mandated Rest-times in ECEC

Staton, 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.

Choosing Rest: Finding Effective Alternatives to Mandated Rest-times in ECEC

2017

Conference Publication

Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals

Staton, 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.

Sleep Learning for Early Education Professionals

2017

Conference Publication

ECEC quality assessed, observed and enabled

Thorpe, K. (2017). ECEC quality assessed, observed and enabled. In: Early Start Conference, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, (). 27-29 September 2017.

ECEC quality assessed, observed and enabled

2017

Other Outputs

Professional development package and resources for guiding sleep practices in early childhood education and care services in Queensland - Phase 2 Follow-up Final Report

Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Smith, S.S., Irvine, S., Pattinson, C,, Rankin, P., Oakes, C., Teo, Y. and Cooke, E. (2017). Professional development package and resources for guiding sleep practices in early childhood education and care services in Queensland - Phase 2 Follow-up Final Report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Department of Education, Queensland Government.

Professional development package and resources for guiding sleep practices in early childhood education and care services in Queensland - Phase 2 Follow-up Final Report

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.

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)

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.

Supporting sleep development in early childhood: What role does childcare play?

2017

Conference Publication

Belonging, being or becoming: educators’ understandings of their professional status and work roles

Irvine, 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.

Belonging, being or becoming: educators’ understandings of their professional status and work roles

2017

Conference Publication

Pretend play and technology: young children making sense of their everyday social worlds

Danby, 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.

Pretend play and technology: young children making sense of their everyday social worlds

2016

Other Outputs

Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds

McDonald, Paula, Thorpe, Karen and Irvine, Susan (2016, 11 24). Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds The Conversation

Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds

2016

Journal Article

Creating spaces for children’s agency: ‘I wonder…’ formulations in teacher–child interactions

Houen, Sandy, Danby, Susan, Farrell, Ann and Thorpe, Karen (2016). Creating spaces for children’s agency: ‘I wonder…’ formulations in teacher–child interactions. International Journal of Early Childhood, 48 (3), 259-276. doi: 10.1007/s13158-016-0170-4

Creating spaces for children’s agency: ‘I wonder…’ formulations in teacher–child interactions