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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. 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 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 Journal Article The challenges of challenging behaviour: early childhood educators’ understandings of child behaviour and impact on occupational wellbeingPanthi, Narayan, Thorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandra, Casey, Charlotte and Staton, Sally (2025). The challenges of challenging behaviour: early childhood educators’ understandings of child behaviour and impact on occupational wellbeing. Teachers and Teaching, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/13540602.2025.2463018 |
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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 Conference Publication Serve, return, rally, learn: interactional strategies to support children’s brain development through playHouen, Sandy and Staton, Sally (2024). Serve, return, rally, learn: interactional strategies to support children’s brain development through play. Realising the Vision: An Integrated Future for the Early Years., Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17-20 September 2024. |
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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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2023 Book Chapter Crystallising the everyday emotional work of women working in childcare during Covid-19Cooke, Emma, Coles, Laetitia, Thorpe, Karen and Houen, Sandy (2023). Crystallising the everyday emotional work of women working in childcare during Covid-19. Departing radically in academic writing: alternative approaches to writing and methods in qualitative research. (pp. 15-25) edited by Elizabeth Mackinlay and Karen Madden. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003360766-2 |
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2023 Journal Article Discursive tensions: Outcomes and rights in educators’ accounts of children’s relaxationCooke, Emma, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Houen, Sandy, Thorpe, Karen, Clarke, Andrew, Oakes, Candice and Staton, Sally (2023). Discursive tensions: Outcomes and rights in educators’ accounts of children’s relaxation. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 24 (1), 70-81. doi: 10.1177/1463949120983480 |
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2023 Other Outputs Responding to challenging behaviour with children aged 2-5 years in Early Childhood Education and Care settingsStaton, Sally, Houen, Sandy, Coles, Laetitia, Searle, Bonnie, Panthi, S. and Thorpe, Karen (2023). Responding to challenging behaviour with children aged 2-5 years in Early Childhood Education and Care settings. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Evidence for Learning. |
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2023 Journal Article Support to stay and thrive: mapping challenges faced by Australia’s early years educators to the national workforce strategy 2022–2031Thorpe, Karen, Panthi, Narayan, Houen, Sandra, Horwood, Marcus and Staton, Sally (2023). Support to stay and thrive: mapping challenges faced by Australia’s early years educators to the national workforce strategy 2022–2031. The Australian Educational Researcher, 51 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1007/s13384-022-00607-3 |
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2023 Conference Publication Exploring our understanding of drop-off and pick-up in early childhood education and care contextsColes, Laetitia, Casey, Charlotte, Thorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandy, Zheng, Z. and Staton, Sally (2023). Exploring our understanding of drop-off and pick-up in early childhood education and care contexts. 31st EECERA Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 30 August – 2 September 2023. |
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2022 Conference Publication The when, what, and how of observing practice in Early Childhood Education and Care: development of the Assisting Observations Toolkit for Authorised OfficersStaton, S., Houen, S., Rankin, P., Cooke, E., Zheng, Z. and Thorpe, K. (2022). The when, what, and how of observing practice in Early Childhood Education and Care: development of the Assisting Observations Toolkit for Authorised Officers. AARE2022, Adelaide, SA Australia, 27 November - 1 December 2022. |
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2022 Conference Publication Challenging behaviour of children and its impact on educatorsPanthi, Narayan, Thorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandy and Staton, Sally (2022). Challenging behaviour of children and its impact on educators. AARE2022, Adelaide, SA Australia, 27 November-1 December 2022. |
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2022 Conference Publication Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: a systematic reviewHouen, S., Staton, S., Thorpe, K., Toon, D., Westwood, E. and VanOers, D. (2022). Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: a systematic review. AARE2022, Adelaide, SA Australia, 27 November-1 December 2022. |
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2022 Conference Publication Teacher vs child: an interactional tug of war to decide their next activityHouen, S. and Danby, S. (2022). Teacher vs child: an interactional tug of war to decide their next activity. AARE2022, Adelaide, SA Australia, 27 November-1 December . |
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2022 Book Chapter Digital technologiesHouen, Sandy and Danby, Susan (2022). Digital technologies. Talking with children. (pp. 204-226) edited by Amelia Church and Amanda Bateman. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108979764.011 |
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2022 Other Outputs 'Greatest transformation of early education in a generation'? Well, that depends on qualified, supported and thriving staffThorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar, Rankin, Peter, Staton, Sally and Houen, Sandy (2022, 06 21). 'Greatest transformation of early education in a generation'? Well, that depends on qualified, supported and thriving staff The Conversation |
