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Dr Sandy Houen
Dr

Sandy Houen

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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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62 works between 2012 and 2024

1 - 20 of 62 works

2024

Book Chapter

Crystallising the everyday emotional work of women working in childcare during Covid-19

Cooke, Emma, Coles, Laetitia, Thorpe, Karen and Houen, Sandy (2024). 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

Crystallising the everyday emotional work of women working in childcare during Covid-19

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

Discursive tensions: Outcomes and rights in educators’ accounts of children’s relaxation

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

Support to stay and thrive: mapping challenges faced by Australia’s early years educators to the national workforce strategy 2022–2031

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.

Exploring our understanding of drop-off and pick-up in early childhood education and care contexts

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.

Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: a systematic review

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 .

Teacher vs child: an interactional tug of war to decide their next activity

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.

The when, what, and how of observing practice in Early Childhood Education and Care: development of the Assisting Observations Toolkit for Authorised Officers

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.

Challenging behaviour of children and its impact on educators

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

Digital technologies

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

'Greatest transformation of early education in a generation'? Well, that depends on qualified, supported and thriving staff

Featured

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

Emotional quality of early education programs improves language learning: A within‐child across context design

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.

KindyLinQ Program Pilot: Pilot evaluation report and executive summary

Featured

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

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

Featured

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

Do the numbers add up? Questioning measurement that places Australian ECEC teaching as ‘low quality’

2022

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 (2022). Responding to challenging behaviour with Children aged 2-5 years in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Evidence for Learning. Social Ventures Australia.

Responding to challenging behaviour with Children aged 2-5 years in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings

2021

Book Chapter

Siblings accomplishing tasks together: solicited and unsolicited assistance when using digital technology

Houen, Sandy, Danby, Susan and Miller, Pernilla (2021). Siblings accomplishing tasks together: solicited and unsolicited assistance when using digital technology. The Routledge companion to digital media and children. (pp. 130-143) New York, NY USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781351004107-12

Siblings accomplishing tasks together: solicited and unsolicited assistance when using digital technology

2021

Journal Article

'Two's company, three's a crowd' Multi-modal engagement with objects to position a child on the periphery of peer membership in a preschool clasroom

Houen, Sandy and Susan Danby (2021). 'Two's company, three's a crowd' Multi-modal engagement with objects to position a child on the periphery of peer membership in a preschool clasroom. Research on Children and Social Interaction, 5 (1), 33-56. doi: 10.1558/rcsi.18175

'Two's company, three's a crowd' Multi-modal engagement with objects to position a child on the periphery of peer membership in a preschool clasroom

2020

Conference Publication

The importance of understanding children’s perspectives: research with children

Cooke, Emma, Houen, Sandy, Zheng, Zhaoxi and Staton, Sally (2020). The importance of understanding children’s perspectives: research with children. Paediatric Sleep Medicine Research Group (PSMRG) Research Mentorship Program Clinical Nurses Introduction Day, Queensland Children's Hospital, 19 October 2020.

The importance of understanding children’s perspectives: research with children

Featured

2020

Journal Article

The when and what of measuring ECE quality: Analysis of variation in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) across the ECE day

Thorpe, Karen, Rankin, Peter, Beatton, Tony, Houen, Sandy, Sandi, Matteo, Siraj, Iram and Staton, Sally (2020). The when and what of measuring ECE quality: Analysis of variation in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) across the ECE day. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 53, 274-286. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.05.003

The when and what of measuring ECE quality: Analysis of variation in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) across the ECE day

2020

Journal Article

Correction to: “Did my child sleep today?”: communication between parents and educators in early childhood education and care settings (Child & Youth Care Forum, (2019), 10.1007/s10566-019-09527-3)

Oakes, Candice, Staton, Sally, Houen, Sandra, Cooke, Emma, Pattinson, Cassandra, Teo, Sue-Lynn and Thorpe, Karen (2020). Correction to: “Did my child sleep today?”: communication between parents and educators in early childhood education and care settings (Child & Youth Care Forum, (2019), 10.1007/s10566-019-09527-3). Child and Youth Care Forum, 49 (2), 285-286. doi: 10.1007/s10566-019-09531-7

Correction to: “Did my child sleep today?”: communication between parents and educators in early childhood education and care settings (Child & Youth Care Forum, (2019), 10.1007/s10566-019-09527-3)

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2026
    Places and Spaces to Thrive: Optimising Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) environments for children's health, wellbeing, and learning
    Education Horizon
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    Thriving kids, active brains: A collaborative to support early child development
    Ian Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Brain Builders Initiative
    Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Provision of exploratory research related to early childhood data
    Australian Education Research Organisation Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Evaluation of the Queensland KindyLinQ Pilot Program
    Social Ventures Australia
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    The when, what, and how of observing and assessing practice in ECEC: Towards an observational framework for Authorised Officers in Queensland
    Education Horizon
    Open grant

Supervision

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  • Early childhood education
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