Overview
Availability
- Dr Sandy Houen is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor, Queensland University of Technology
- Bachelor of Education, Queensland University of Technology
- Masters (Research) of Education, Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
Works
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2025
Journal Article
The challenges of challenging behaviour: early childhood educators’ understandings of child behaviour and impact on occupational wellbeing
Panthi, 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
2025
Journal Article
Meals, Mealtimes and moments for learning: Assessment of quality in Early Childhood Education and Care services
Searle, 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, 1-24. doi: 10.1017/s1368980025000011
2024
Journal Article
The brain in context: a scoping review and concept definition of neuro-informed policy and practice
Staton, 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
2024
Conference Publication
Serve, return, rally, learn: interactional strategies to support children’s brain development through play
Houen, 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.
2024
Other Outputs
Linking quality and child development in early childhood education and care: technical report
Rankin, 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.
2023
Book Chapter
Crystallising the everyday emotional work of women working in childcare during Covid-19
Cooke, 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
2023
Journal Article
Discursive tensions: Outcomes and rights in educators’ accounts of children’s relaxation
Cooke, 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
2023
Other Outputs
Responding to challenging behaviour with children aged 2-5 years in Early Childhood Education and Care settings
Staton, 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.
2023
Journal Article
Support to stay and thrive: mapping challenges faced by Australia’s early years educators to the national workforce strategy 2022–2031
Thorpe, 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
2023
Conference Publication
Exploring our understanding of drop-off and pick-up in early childhood education and care contexts
Coles, 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.
2022
Conference Publication
Challenging behaviour of children and its impact on educators
Panthi, 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.
2022
Conference Publication
Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: a systematic review
Houen, 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.
2022
Conference Publication
Teacher vs child: an interactional tug of war to decide their next activity
Houen, 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 .
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 Officers
Staton, 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.
2022
Book Chapter
Digital technologies
Houen, 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
2022
Other Outputs
'Greatest transformation of early education in a generation'? Well, that depends on qualified, supported and thriving staff
Thorpe, 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
2022
Journal Article
Emotional quality of early education programs improves language learning: A within‐child across context design
Rankin, Peter Sheldon, Staton, Sally, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Houen, Sandy and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Emotional quality of early education programs improves language learning: A within‐child across context design. Child Development, 93 (6), 1680-1697. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13811
2022
Other Outputs
KindyLinQ Program Pilot: Pilot evaluation report and executive summary
Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra, Houen, Sandy, Coles, Laetitia, Westwood, Emily, Cooke, Emma, Searle, Bonnie-Ria and Thorpe, Karen (2022). KindyLinQ Program Pilot: Pilot evaluation report and executive summary. Online: Evidence for Learning.
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2022
Journal Article
Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: a systematic review of educators' interactional strategies that promote rich conversations with children aged 2–5 years
Houen, Sandy, Thorpe, Karen, van Os, Danielle, Westwood, Emily, Toon, Danielle and Staton, Sally (2022). Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: a systematic review of educators' interactional strategies that promote rich conversations with children aged 2–5 years. Educational Research Review, 37 100473, 100473. doi: 10.1016/j.edurev.2022.100473
2022
Journal Article
Do the numbers add up? Questioning measurement that places Australian ECEC teaching as ‘low quality’
Thorpe, Karen, Houen, Sandy, Rankin, Peter, Pattinson, Cassandra and Staton, Sally (2022). Do the numbers add up? Questioning measurement that places Australian ECEC teaching as ‘low quality’. The Australian Educational Researcher, 50 (3), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s13384-022-00525-4
Funding
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Supervision
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- Dr Sandy Houen is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Can attachment theory be applied in early education and care environments? Theorising and measuring qualities of child-educator relationships
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Karen Thorpe, Associate Professor Sally Staton
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Doctor Philosophy
Can attachment theory be applied in early education and care environments? Theorising and measuring qualities of child-educator relationships
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Karen Thorpe, Associate Professor Sally Staton
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Doctor Philosophy
Same Educator, Different Day
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Staton, Professor Karen Thorpe
Media
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- Teacher-child interactions
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