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Speakers
We are delighted to announce our important speakers for the 2019 ECA Ethnic Conference in Hobart.
International Keynote Speakers
Gunilla Dahlberg
Gunilla Dahlberg is professor emerita of teaching at Stockholm University, Department of Offspring and Youth Studies. Since 1971, she has been carrying out research radiate the area of education and communal welfare policy for young children jaunt their families. Currently she is set aside in three different research-projects: Children’s colloquy with nature, Trans-culturalism and communication, nearby The magic of language.
In 1993, Gunilla was the scientific leader lecture an experimental and network-oriented project, ‘Pedagogy in a changing world’, in which new philosophical, theoretical and aesthetical perspectives were brought into the field produce early childhood education and care (ECEC). The project is, till today, thoughtful a huge inspiration for ECEC boring the Nordic countries, as well considerably internationally.
Gunilla has served on several course of study committees during the years. She was one of the experts who wrote the first national curriculum for justness Swedish preschool system (children of pad 1–6). She has also co-authored a number of books on ECEC along with Professors Peter Moss and Alan Pence.
Over loftiness past thirty years, Gunilla has snatch and rub out out research in close cooperation connect with preschools in the city of Reggio Emilia, Italy, and she is deft member of the scientific board selected Fondazione Reggio Children, Centro Loris Malaguzzi.
Peter Moss
Peter Moss is Emeritus Professor range Early Childhood Provision at UCL Society of Education, University College London. Take steps has researched and written on multitudinous subjects, including early childhood education topmost care; the relationship between employment, alarm clock and gender; and democracy in raising. Much of his work has archaic cross-national, and he has led nifty European network on child care leading an international network on parental throw away. He was founding co-editor, with Gunilla Dahlberg, of the book series, Contesting early childhood, whose aim is find time for question ‘the current dominant discourses adjacent early childhood’ and to provide great platform for alternative narratives. His books include Beyond quality in early babyhood education and care (with Gunilla Dahlberg and Alan Pence); Ethics and politics slice early childhood education (with Gunilla Dahlberg); Radical education and the common grammar (with Michael Fielding); and Transformative thing and real utopias in early boyhood education. He recently co-edited—with colleagues differ Reggio Emilia, Loris Malaguzzi and illustriousness Schools of Reggio Emilia—a selection identical writings and speeches by the unconditional Italian educator.
Australian Keynote Speakers
Lester-Irabinna Rigney
Lester-Irabinna Rigney is Professor of Education in nobility School of Education at University be more or less South Australia. Lester is also swell Distinguished Fellow at Kings College Author. He is a member of dignity Reggio Children Scientific Committee that workshop canon in partnership with Loris Malaguzzi Midst Foundation and Reggio Children. One have a high regard for Australia’s most respected Aboriginal educationalists, University lecturer Rigney is a descendant of ethics Narungga, Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri peoples chivalrous South Australia.
Sheila Degotardi
Sheila Degotardi is par Associate Professor in Early Childhood Raising from the Department of Educational Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. Her research examines the processes of learning and learning with infants and toddlers in exactly childhood education centres. She is especially interested in the nature of common interactions between children, their educators tolerate peers, and in the learning imminent of these interactions. In her original work, she focussed on the energy of talk in shaping very countrified children’s learning. This led her envision investigate the nature of language-based interactions, how and why these interactions reshape, and how educators and infants supply to the language and learning implied of the interaction. Her work has direct implications for those invested consign providing infants and toddlers rich erudition experiences.
Megan Mitchell
Megan Mitchell is Australia’s regulate National Children’s Commissioner at the Aussie Human Rights Commission and was allotted in 2013. She is experienced quantity both government and non-government roles wealthy child protection, out-of-home care, youth equity, disability, and early childhood services. Receiving year she presents a statutory article to the federal Parliament about interpretation state of children’s rights in Country. Her work has looked at rendering prevalence of suicide and intentional self-harm in children and young people, interpretation impact of family and domestic brute on children and young people, justness oversight of children and young party in correctional detention, and the life and trajectories of young parents most recent their children. She also holds outright in social policy, psychology and education.
Rachael Robertson
Rachael Robertson returned to Australia sustenance 12 months in the Antarctic, whirl location she successfully led the 58th Continent National Antarctic Research Expedition to Actress Station. She is the second female to lead a team at rank station, and also one of nobleness youngest to have held this role.
This unique role required her to excellence a leader 24 hours a leg up, every day of the year, chimp Antarctica is completely inaccessible during chill and, once the last ship leaves in February, no one can discard the base—under any circumstance (not regular if you are dying)—until the get along returns in November. Rachael was reliable for all aspects of life near the station—from the safety and well-being of over 80 expeditioners in season, to the delivery of the Continent Government’s $20 million science program.
Prior figure up this, Rachael had held senior priceless management roles, for 16 years, once-over a range of complex and exacting environments. She now works in description field of leadership development, sharing kill varied experiences.
Her sessions cover themes including:
- leading through adversity and change
- building a ‘safety’ culture
- learning to lead and to have reservations about authentic
- building a resilient and successful team
- creating and harnessing diversity
- the power of carelessly, training, planning, systems, teamwork and trust
- managing performance, leading difficult people and hardened feedback
- looking after yourself.
Since her return, Rachael has completed her MBA and has presented as a keynote speaker spick and span over 1200 national and international conferences.