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Mrs Alice Brown

Name :	Mrs Alice Brown
Position :	Lecturer (Early Childhood Education)
Section :	Faculty of Education Education
Office :	A232
Location :	Springfield Campus
Phone :	+61 7 3470 4120
Extension :	4120
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BEd UCSQ MEd QUT

Professional Memberships

Member of PSCQ (Health and Community Services Workforce Council)
Membership with Early Childhood Australia

Professional Affiliations

Affiliated supporter of GymbaROO Australia
Queensland Health Partner
CO-OPS (Collaboration of Community-based Obesity Prevention Sites)member

Research Interests

Social ecology and contexualised learning
Health, wellbeing and physical activity in children
Quality teaching and learning in Tertiary Education
Currently completing doctoral thesis to be completed by mid of 2012. Title: The new frontier: A social ecological exploration of parents’ supporting physically active play behaviours with young children in the home

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Brown, Alice & Reushle, S. (2010). People, pedagogy and the power of connection. SLEID – Studies in Learning, Evaluation, Innovation and Development. 7 (3). pp. 37-48.

Brown, Alice, Dashwood, Ann and Lawrence, Jill and Burton, Lorelle J. (2010) ‘Crossing over’: strategies for supporting the training and development of international teachers. The International Journal of Learning, 17 (4). pp. 321-334. ISSN 1447-9494

Landy, J., & Brown, A. (2008). Kids with more zip: A wellness resource for educators and parents to develop active children ages 3-12. Perth, WA: Family Health Publications.

Brown, A. (2008). Towards a new frontier in understanding the contextual influences on paediatric inactivity. In R. Henderson & P. A. Danaher (Eds.), Troubling terrains: Tactics for traversing and transforming contemporary educational research (pp. 149-168). Teneriffe, Qld: Post Pressed.

Most notable :

Dashwood, A., Lawrence, J., Brown, A., & Burton, L. (2008). Transnational Pedagogy from Policy to Practice: Beginnings of the Journey. International Journal of Pedagogy and Learning. 4 (3), pp 97-110.

Brown, A., & Danaher, P. A. (2008). Towards collaborative professional learning in the Early Childhood Teacher Education practicum: Issues in negotiating the multiple interests of stakeholder feedback. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 33(2), 147-161.

Brown, A., & Danaher, P. A. (2008). Towards collaborative professional learning in the Early Childhood Teacher Education practicum: Issues in negotiating the multiple interests of stakeholder feedback. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 33(2), 147-161.

Brown, A. (2008). Pre-service teachers’ understandings of child abuse and their professional role in child protection. Children Australia, 33(1), 25-32.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

EDX1450 HPE Curriculum and Pedagogy
EDO3461 Sociocultural Foundations of Physical Activity
ECE4010 Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Settings
EDU5010 Politics and Pedagogy in Early Childhood
*Finalist Australian Lecturer of the Year 2009

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 9 years
Other : 20 years