Friends of The Education Hub Gai Lindsay, Sarah Probine, and Rachel Denee, share insights from their brand new book on visual arts education: Art Play and Inquiry: The Why, What and How of Visual Arts Education with Young Children.
Dr Gai Lindsay is a senior lecturer in The Early Years degree at the University of Wollongong and an early childhood visual arts consultant. Her research focuses on how teachers’ visual arts self-efficacy, beliefs, and pedagogical content knowledge influence visual arts pedagogy in early childhood contexts.
Dr Sarah Probine is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at Auckland University of Technology | Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau. Her research interests include visual arts pedagogy and learning, and inquiry-based learning approaches in early childhood education.
Dr Rachel Denee is a senior lecturer at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington. She has been working in teaching, leadership, and research roles in early childhood education since 2000. Her research interests include educational leadership, professional learning, and visual arts in early childhood. Her PhD focused on early childhood teachers’ practices and perceptions about art through a professional learning community. She is also a trustee of Reggio Emilia Aotearoa New Zealand (REANZ) Trust, Whanake Education Trust, and Nature School NZ Trust.
