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2025 Journal Article Improving Australia's quality rating and improvement systems for early childhood education and careStaton, Sally, Houen, Sandy, Rankin, Peter and Thorpe, Karen (2025). Improving Australia's quality rating and improvement systems for early childhood education and care. Australian Educational Researcher, 52 (6), 4243-4268. doi: 10.1007/s13384-025-00896-4 |
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2025 Journal Article Focused, fair and frequent: A framework to improve equity, effectiveness and efficiency of quality rating and improvement systems for early care and educationThorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandy, Rankin, Peter and Staton, Sally (2025). Focused, fair and frequent: A framework to improve equity, effectiveness and efficiency of quality rating and improvement systems for early care and education. Children and Youth Services Review, 179 108577, 108577. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108577 |
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2025 Book Chapter “One paints the caravan, and one stays out of the caravan”Coles, Laetitia, Cooke, Emma, Sullivan, Victoria, Houen, Sandy and Thorpe, Karen (2025). “One paints the caravan, and one stays out of the caravan”. Young children’s perspectives on teacher gender: contextualizing gender stereotypes and inclusive practices in early childhood education and care. (pp. 111-133) edited by David Brody, Yuwei Xu, Kari Emilsen and Laetitia Coles. New York, NY USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003401049-9 |
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2025 Journal Article Fighting for our children: a collective responsibility to deliver social and health rights to children with disabilityChawla, J., Coles, L. and Thorpe, K. (2025). Fighting for our children: a collective responsibility to deliver social and health rights to children with disability. Disability & Society, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2025.2542165 |
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2025 Conference Publication Panel discussion: Places and spacesHarpur, Paul, Faragher, Rhonda, Roger, Michelle, Ellam, Kathy, Franklin, Cathy, Povey, Jenny, Thorpe, Karen and Turpin, Merrill (2025). Panel discussion: Places and spaces. UQ’s Disability Research Workshop, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17 July 2025. |
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2025 Journal Article Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy ReformPotia, Azhar Hussain, Wheeler, Kai W., Woodroffe, Tracy and Thorpe, Karen (2025). Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform. Australian Journal of Social Issues ajs4.70041. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.70041 |
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2025 Journal Article Policy to practice: drop-off and pick-up times as ‘barometers of quality’ in assessment and rating of Australian early childhood education and care servicesCasey, Charlotte, Thorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandy, Zheng, Zhaoxi and Staton, Sally (2025). Policy to practice: drop-off and pick-up times as ‘barometers of quality’ in assessment and rating of Australian early childhood education and care services. The Australian Educational Researcher, 52 (5), 1-24. doi: 10.1007/s13384-025-00857-x |
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2025 Other Outputs Understanding the experiences and research priorities of children with disability and their families in a hospital setting in Australia: a novel multi-modal participatory research frameworkColes, Laetitia, Thorpe, Karen and Chawla, Jasneek (2025). Understanding the experiences and research priorities of children with disability and their families in a hospital setting in Australia: a novel multi-modal participatory research framework. LCC Working Paper Series. 2025-11. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/6b0d1f8 |
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2025 Other Outputs Link between participation in Early Childhood Education and Care and Australian Early Development Census domain indicators using The First Five Years Project dataRankin, Peter, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2025). Link between participation in Early Childhood Education and Care and Australian Early Development Census domain indicators using The First Five Years Project data. |
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2025 Journal Article Amplifying children’s leadership roles and voice in decision-making through co-production in outside of school hours care: qualitative findings from the connect promote and protect programMilton, Alyssa C., Ballesteros, Kristin, Hernandez, Helen, Hwang, Yenni, Glozier, Nick, McClean, Tom, LaMonica, Haley M., Thorpe, Karen and Hickie, Ian B. (2025). Amplifying children’s leadership roles and voice in decision-making through co-production in outside of school hours care: qualitative findings from the connect promote and protect program. Frontiers in Education, 9 1457286, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1457286 |
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2025 Journal Article Meals, mealtimes and moments for learning: Assessment of quality in early childhood education and care servicesSearle, Bonnie, Houen, Sandy, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2025). Meals, mealtimes and moments for learning: Assessment of quality in early childhood education and care services. Public Health Nutrition, 28 (1) e50, 1-7. doi: 10.1017/s1368980025000011 |
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2024 Journal Article The brain in context: a scoping review and concept definition of neuro-informed policy and practiceStaton, Sally, Coles, Laetitia, Normore, George, Casey, Charlotte, Searle, Bonnie, Houen, Sandy, Potia, Azhar, Crompton, Rebecca, Long, Deborah, Hogan, Michael and Thorpe, Karen (2024). The brain in context: a scoping review and concept definition of neuro-informed policy and practice. Brain Sciences, 14 (12) 1243, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14121243 |
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2024 Journal Article Professionalization and professionalism: quality Improvement in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)Irvine, Susan, Lunn, Jo, Sumsion, Jennifer, Jansen, Elena, Sullivan, Victoria and Thorpe, Karen (2024). Professionalization and professionalism: quality Improvement in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Early Childhood Education Journal, 52 (8), 1911-1922. doi: 10.1007/s10643-023-01531-6 |
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2024 Conference Publication Behaviour Sleep Interventions for the management of non-respiratory sleep issues in Children with NeurodisabilityFullwood, K., Cooke, E., Hunt-Toby, B., Vanderleur, M., Pride, N., Waters, K., Thorpe, K. and Chawla, J. (2024). Behaviour Sleep Interventions for the management of non-respiratory sleep issues in Children with Neurodisability. Sleep DownUnder 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.044 |
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2024 Journal Article Sleep deprivation and recovery: endurance racing as a novel modelMann, Dwayne L., Pattinson, Cassandra L, Allan, Alicia, St Pierre, Liam, Staton, Sally, Thorpe, Karen, Rossa, Kalina and Smith, Simon S. (2024). Sleep deprivation and recovery: endurance racing as a novel model. European Journal of Sport Science, 24 (8), 1176-1185. doi: 10.1002/ejsc.12143 |
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2024 Other Outputs Linking quality and child development in early childhood education and care: technical reportRankin, Peter, Staton, Sally, Jones, Alicia, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Houen, Sandy, Healey, Bridget and Thorpe, Karen (2024). Linking quality and child development in early childhood education and care: technical report. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Education Research Organisation. |
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2024 Journal Article How women educators frame the scarcity of men in early childhood education and careMcDonald, Paula, Coles, Laetitia and Thorpe, Karen (2024). How women educators frame the scarcity of men in early childhood education and care. Gender and Education, 36 (5), 510-526. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2024.2357825 |
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2024 Journal Article Australia’s ECEC workforce pipeline: who and how many are pursuing further qualifications?McKinlay, Sharon, Thorpe, Karen, Whiteford, Chrystal, Bentley, Laura and Irvine, Susan (2024). Australia’s ECEC workforce pipeline: who and how many are pursuing further qualifications?. The Australian Educational Researcher, 52 (1), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s13384-024-00715-2 |
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2024 Book Chapter FriendshipsTheobald, Maryanne, Danby, Susan, Thompson, Catherine and Thorpe, Karen (2024). Friendships. Health and Wellbeing in Childhood. (pp. 224-238) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009339506.015 |
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2024 Journal Article Exploring the relationship between age at nap cessation and social-emotional functioning in childrenLoeffler, Anna, Rankin, Peter, Smith, Simon S., Thorpe, Karen and Staton, Sally (2024). Exploring the relationship between age at nap cessation and social-emotional functioning in children. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 45 (2), e150-e158. doi: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001259 |
