Establishing positive educational trajectories in early childhood education

Dr Claire McLachlan is the Pro Vice Chancellor, Education at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | The University of Waikato. She was previously the Executive Dean, Institute of Education, Arts and Community at Federation University in Victoria, Australia. Her primary field of research is early childhood education, and her platform of research focuses on literacy, physical activity, curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and evaluation. She was also a member of the writing team for the revision of Te Whāriki.

Dr Anna Fletcher is the inaugural Associate Dean Industry Cooperation, IEAC at Federation University. In this role, she leads the Institute’s collaboration with industry, the community, business, and government to establish genuine partnerships built on shared goals in the form of research linkages, industry linkages, short courses and exchange projects that deliver genuine impact, improvement and turnaround.

Dr Vicki Hargraves runs our early childhood education webinar series and also is responsible for the creation of many of our early childhood research reviews. Vicki is a teacher-educator and researcher living in Wellington. Her PhD drew on posthumanist philosophy to understand early childhood education as a deeply materialist practice, and her research and writing interests demonstrate her commitment to creative child- and community-centred approaches to education focused on social justice and participation, as well as attention to multiple ways of knowing and being in early childhood education.