Dr Michelle Turner

Fields of Research (FoR)

• Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  

• Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori) ( 130102 )
  

• Early Childhood Education ( 390302 )
  

• Teacher And Student Wellbeing ( 390412 )
  

• Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators ( 390307 )
  

Research interests
Early childhood education
Social justice and inclusion in early childhood settings
Teacher and student wellbeing
Teacher education and professional development of educators

Professional memberships
Queensland College of Teachers - Registered Teacher
Early Childhood Teachers Association
Early Childhood Australia
Australian Association for Research in Education
Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth

Currently teaching courses/programs
Currently Course Examiner for:
Undergraduate
ECF1100 Foundations of Early Childhood
ECL1100 Language Development and Early Literacy Learning
EDE2010 Childhood, Play, and Play-based Learning
EDE3009 Professional Practices in Early Childhood
MELT
EDM5010 Literacy Learning in the Early Years
EDM8018 Leading in Early Childhood
Supervision
EDU5760 Professional Studies
EDR8061 Masters of Education Project 2

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
10 Years

Teaching experience(Other)
30 Years

Administrative responsibilities
Early Years Specialist Convenor

Publications in ePrints

Green, Nicole and Turner, Michelle (2017) Creating children’s spaces, children co-creating place. Journal of Childhood Studies, 42 (3). pp. 27-39. ISSN 2371-4107

Turner, Michelle (2017) Uttering the unspoken: early childhood educators' conceptions of the impact of regulation of their profession. [Thesis (PhD/Research)]

Turner, Michelle and Noble, Karen (2015) Phenomenographic elaboration: arts-based inquiry as a complement to data collection and analysis. In: Annual International Australian Association for Research in Education Conference 2015 (AARE 2015), 29 Nov-3 Dec 2015, Fremantle, Western Australia.

McGill, Michele and Findlay, YvonneORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6463-0875 and Turner, Michelle and McIlveen, PeterORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1864-9516 and Jasman, Anne (2012) A case for case: exploring the use of case studies in an on-line context. In: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference (AARE 2011): Researching Across Boundaries, 27 Nov-1 Dec 2011, Hobart, Australia.

Arden, Catherine H. and Baguley, MargaretORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-6378 and Danaher, Patrick AlanORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2289-7774 and Davies, Andrew and De George-Walker, Linda and Fogarty, Roderick J. and Henderson, RobynORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7906-766X and Matthews, Karl J. and Jones, Janice and McIlveen, PeterORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1864-9516 and McLennan, Brad and Midgley, Warren and Noble, Karen and Oliver, Mark E. and Peel, KarenORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-9525 and Turner, Michelle and Tyler, Mark A. (2012) Analysing approaches to constructing capacities. In: Constructing capacities: building capabilities through learning and engagement. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, pp. 4-30. ISBN 1-4438-4179-X

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Approved research supervisor in the area of:

• Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  

• Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori) ( 130102 )
  

• Early Childhood Education ( 390302 )
  

• Teacher And Student Wellbeing ( 390412 )
  

• Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators ( 390307 )
  

Research topics

• Experiencing early years environments as a child who was born very preterm
  

• Addressing early childhood teacher attributes for working in rural settings
  

• School-based mentoring practices