Associate Professor Christine Woodrow
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Centre for Educational Research (SoE)
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD Central Queensland University
- MEdStud Flinders University of South Australia
- BA South Australian College of Advanced Education
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Centre for Educational Research (SoE)
Contact
| Email: | C.Woodrow@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 2184 |
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| Location: | J.G.17 Penrith (Kingswood) |
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Biography
Assoc Professor Christine Woodrow is an academic, teacher educator and researcher in early childhood at the University of Western Sydney. She is a member of the leadership team in the consortium recently appointed by the Australian Government to develop a National Early Years Learning Framework and has had a signficant expereince in early childhood curriculum and policy, locally, nationally and internationally. Christine is the Australia researcher in a 7 country international study of conceptualisations of professionalism in early childhood contexts. This links to her research interest in early childhood leadership, professional ethics and practitioner research as a strategy for building leadership capacity. Her other current research includes a study of school readiness and the role and effectiveness of the supported playgroup model in effective transitions to school. Christine is the project leader of the pilot project 'Futuro Infantil Hoy' in the North of Chile which is being supported by Fundacion Minera Escondida (FME) and JUNJI.
This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Woodrow.
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Woodrow, C. (2012), 'Relationships, reflexivity and renewal: professional practice in action in an Australian Children's Centre', Early childhood grows up : towards a critical ecology of the profession, Springer 9789400727175.
- Woodrow, C. (2012), 'Relationships, reflexivity and renewal : professional practice in action in an Australian Children's Centre', Early Childhood Grows Up: Towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession, Springer 9789400727175.
- Woodrow, C. (2010), 'Challenging identities: a case for leadership', Professionalization, Leadership and Management in the Early Years, SAGE 9781849205535.
- Press, F. and Woodrow, C. (2009), 'The giant in the playground: Investigating the reach and implications of the corporatisation of childcare provision', Paid care in Australia: Politcs, Profits, Practices, Sydney University Press 9781920899295.
- Fasoli, L., Scrivens, C. and Woodrow, C. (2007), 'Challenges for Leadership in Aoterea/New Zealand and Australian Early Childhood', Theorising Early Childhood Practice: Emerging Dialogues, Pademelon Press 9781876138264.
- Woodrow, C. (2004), 'Umkamptftes Terrain: Neuordnung des cirrciulums im Australischen Kontext', Fruhpadagogik international: Bildungsqualitat im blickpunkt, VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften 3810033782.
Journal Articles
- Singh, M., Han, J. and Woodrow, C. (2012), 'Shifting pedagogies through distributed leadership : mentoring Chilean early childhood educators in literacy teaching', Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 9.
- Ortlipp, M., Arthur, L. and Woodrow, C. (2011), 'Discourses of the early years learning framework: Constructing the early childhood professional', Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 15.
- Woodrow, C. and Busch, G. (2008), 'Repositioning early childhood leadership as action and activism', European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 11.
- Woodrow, C. (2008), 'Discourses of professional identity in early childhood: movements in Australia', European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 12.
- Ashton, J., Woodrow, C., Johnston, C., Wangmann, J., Singh, L. and James, T. (2008), 'Partnerships in learning: linking early childhood services, families and schools for optimal development', Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 8.
- Woodrow, C. and Press, F. (2007), '(Re)Positioning the child in the policy/politics of early childhood', Educational Philosophy and Theory, 14.
- Woodrow, C. (2007), 'W(H)Ither the early childhood teacher: Tensions for early childhood professional identity between the policy landscape and the politics of teacher regulation.', Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 11.
- Sawyer, W., Singh, M., Woodrow, C., Downes, T., Johnston, C. and Whitton, D. (2007), 'Robust Hope and Teacher Education Policy', Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 16.
- Press, F. and Woodrow, C. (2005), 'Commodification, corporatisation and children's spaces', Australian Journal of Education, 14.
Conference Papers
- Perry, B., Mason, T., Gilbert, S., Dockett, S., Skattebol, J., Whitton, D. and Woodrow, C. (2006), 'Successful transition programs from prior-to-school to school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: Methodological considerations', Annual conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE - 2005), UWS Parramatta Campus.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | A photo-elicitation pilot study on children's views of play opportunities in Greater Western Sydney |
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| Years: | 2012-10-24 - 2013-11-24 |
| ID: | P00021132 |
| UWS Researchers: | Son Truong and Christine Woodrow |
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| Title: | Futuro Infantil Hoy: The Development of Leaders in Early Childhood Education: A sociological study of transnational knowledge exchange - Australia and Chile: Phase 2 |
| Years: | 2011-09-12 - 2014-12-15 |
| ID: | P00020456 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christine Woodrow, Michael Singh, Juan Francisco Salazar, Leonie Arthur and Kerry Staples |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | Barriers and Facilitators of Early Childhood Education in the Blue Mountains: Enhancing Access and Equity |
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| Years: | 2006-01-10 - 2007-01-31 |
| ID: | P0014935 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christine Woodrow, Christine Johnston, Jean Ashton and June Wangmann |
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| Title: | Standing tall on shifting grounds: Local early childhood professionals, children, families and managers addressing quality in times of global paradigm shifts |
| Years: | 2008-07-08 - 2009-12-31 |
| ID: | P00016181 |
| UWS Researchers: | Linda Newman, Christine Woodrow and Roslyn Elliott |
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| Title: | Building leadership capacity through collaborative practitioner research networks |
| Years: | 2007-09-12 - 2008-09-11 |
| ID: | P0015802 |
| UWS Researchers: | Jennifer Skattebol, Leonie Arthur and Christine Woodrow |
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| Title: | Futuro Infantil Hoy and the professional development of leaders in Early Childhood Education: A sociological study of transnational knowledge exchange between Australia and Chile |
| Years: | 2010-06-01 - 2011-03-30 |
| ID: | P00018220 |
| UWS Researchers: | Michael Singh, Christine Woodrow, Steve Wilson and Juan Francisco Salazar |
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| Title: | Evaluation of Blue Mountains School-Centred Community Hub |
| Years: | 2010-03-08 - 2010-08-31 |
| ID: | P00018180 |
| UWS Researchers: | Christine Woodrow and Michael Singh |
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Supervision
Associate Professor Woodrow is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | Child Friendly Cities: The Development of a Tool to Access the Voice of the Young Child |
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Media
Media Contact Details
| Media Officer: | UWS Media Unit |
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| Phone: | (02) 9678 7083 |
| Email: | media@uws.edu.au |
