Susan is the Program Coordinator of the Early Childhood programs at Flinders University. Prior to her 2006 Flinders appointment as Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood, Susan worked at Edith Cowan University (2000-2006) leading the development of a Bachelor of Education specifically designed to develop continuity between the early and primary years.
Susan's experience includes teaching and leadership at local, state and national levels in her work as a District Coordinator, School Principal, Curriculum Manager and President of the Junior Primary Principals' Association of South Australia.
Her work as School Principal in a large suburban integrated early childhood program has been researched and documented in research reports including '100 Children Go to School' (1998, Hill et al). Her educational leadership and teaching within the university context focuses on social justice and repositioning children in the learning process as a way of achieving more equitable outcomes in early childhood education.
Experience
2006–2013
Senior Lecturer, Flinders University
2001–2006
Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan Univeristy
Education
2008
University of South Australia, Doctor of Philosophy
1981
University of South Australia, Bachelor of Education
Publications
2013
Investigating Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy through a Three Way Collaboration. , Curriculum Perspectives
2011
The Australian Early Years Learning Framework: learning what?, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
2010
Novice teachers' work: constructing 'different' children?, Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
2009
'Wellbeing' and the 'normal child', Curriculum Perspectives
2003
Ethical research with children: Practices and possibilities., Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
2003
Why Don't You Get a Life? , Early Childhood Development and Care
2001
Children learning to read: Not quite so simple!, Every Child
Grants and Contracts
2010
Combined childcare and preschool: What level of participation is needed to improve school readiness for disadvantaged children