Adjunct Associate Professor
Anne Petriwskyj
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education
Biography
Anne Petriwskyj has a background in early education and early intervention, particularly in rural and remote locations, and engages in consultancy work on inclusive early childhood curriculum and science pedagogy.She lectures in early education and care, inclusion in early education, science and technology education. She has a particular interest in diversity in children and families. Her research and publications work focuses on transition into school, leadership in early childhood education, ecological issues in early intervention and the application of critical theory to inclusion.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education
Keywords
diversity, inclusion, transition
Research field
Specialist Studies in Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Master of Education (Queensland University of Technology)
- Grad Cert CTTSNC (University of Queensland)
- B Sp Ed (Monash University)
- Dip KTC (Brisbane Kind T.C.)
Professional memberships and associations
- Early Childhood Australia
- Early Childhood Intervention Australia
- Australian Society for Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability
Teaching
- Inclusion in early childhood education
- Science and technology education in early childhood
- Arts and science education in early childhood
- Early childhood pedagogy including infant and toddler care
Experience
Publications
- Kemp, S., Petriwskyj, A., Shakespeare-Finch, J. & Thorpe, K. (2013). What if you're really different? Case studies of children with high functioning Autism participating in the Get REAL programme who had atypical learning trajectories. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 28(1), 91–108. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/56606
- Petriwskyj, A., O'Gorman, L. & Turunen, T. (2013). The interface of the national Australian curriculum and the pre-Year 1 class in school: Exploring tensions. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 38(1), 16–22. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/59065
- Petriwskyj, A., (2010). Diversity and inclusion in the early years. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 14(2), 195–212. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/39118
- Hahambu, C., Brownlee, J. & Petriwskyj, A. (2012). Elementary teacher education in Papua New Guinea: Towards a culturally connected perspective of teaching. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37(4), 110–127. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/51010
- Miller, M. & Petriwskyj, A. (2013). New directions in intercultural early education in Australia. International Journal of Early Childhood, 45(2), 251–266. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62037
- Thorpe, K., Millear, P. & Petriwskyj, A. (2012). Can a childcare practicum encourage degree qualified staff to enter the childcare workforce? Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 13(4), 317–327. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/56604
- Petriwskyj, A. & Grieshaber, S. (2011). Critical perspectives on transition to school: reframing the debate. In DM. Laverick & M. Renck Jalongo (Eds.), Transitions to Early Care and Education (pp. 75–86). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/45736
- Gibson, M., Brownlee, J., Petriwskyj, A., Thorpe, K. & Stacey, P. (2011). Changing personal epistemologies in early childhood pre-service teachers using an integrated teaching program. Higher Education Research and Development, 30(4), 477–490. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/42374
- Petriwskyj, A., (2010). Who has rights to what? Inclusion in Australian early childhood programs. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 11(4), 342–352. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/39127
- Petriwskyj, A., (2013). Science. Teaching early years: Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, 107–124.
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