Assoc. Professor @CurtinUni + Assoc. Investigator @digitalchildau ✨ researching rights-based, caring & trauma-informed pedagogies in ecec & beyond ✨ she/her 🌈

Perth, Western Australia
Joined August 2018
On behalf of @CurtinEducation I am thrilled to launch our position statement on #play and #playbasedlearning. Play is incredibly valuable and deserves to be embraced throughout family, community and educational contexts. We celebrate and support the right of all children to play.
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Associate Professor Madeleine Dobson retweeted
Educational Psychology is recruiting for Associate Editors! A fantastic opportunity to gain editorial experience & grow your networks. Apply by 12th December, details below think.taylorandfrancis.com/e… #EducationalPsychology #QuantitativeResearch
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Professor @tamaleaver speaks to ABC Afternoon Briefing about the proposed #socialmedia ban in Australia
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Associate Professor Madeleine Dobson retweeted
We're on the lookout for new Limina members in preparation for next year. Send us your EOI 😃👀
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📢📱Our latest article on persuasive design common on children's apps, social media, games and platforms
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Calling parents of year six students! @CurtinenAble and @CurtinUni School of Population Health need participants for a national study into kids #mentalhealth during the transition to #highschool. Find out how to get involved. 👉 tinyurl.com/y5pkrut2 #CurtinResearch
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Looking forward to presenting at the @EarlyChildAust WA State Conference this weekend! I will be sharing some key insights from projects with @digitalchildau colleagues about nature engagement & connectedness and where digitech can play a helpful role 🌷🪴🦋
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Less than one month to go until our annual conference. Ticket links will be available soon. We hope to see you then.
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New pub! This was an absurdly ambitious piece of work that nearly drowned me BUT it’s ended up saying some important things about research on digital tech use by families with very young children. 🧵tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Reflections from our #DigitalChild researchers today after a #socialmediaban was announced by @AlboMP @tamaleaver says: "Age-based bans simply defer today’s challenges until tomorrow, solving nothing." @CurtinMedia
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Have you noticed school social media often show “smiling, happy children, doing good things”? But what is the real value of sharing images, and are there unintended consequences? Our latest paper explores these questions @tiffani_apps @digitalchildau tinyurl.com/3wbv3bcs
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For more information, access: 📱A quick breakdown of our researchers' advice on children's screen use digitalchild.org.au/four-way… 📰The journal article jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… #screentime #screenuse #earlyyears
A paper has reviewed the evidence on how screen use in children under six can impact behaviour and cognitive outcomes. The researchers say while #screentime is important, it’s not the only factor. @SumuduM3 @dylancliff_uow @UOWEarlyStart @normanswan abc.net.au/listen/programs/h…
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Associate Professor Madeleine Dobson retweeted
Check out the below thread for articles from Routledge journals on #ECER2024 theme of Education in an Age of Uncertainty, all FREE to access for a limited period! 🔓
Over the next few days, we’re excited to be sharing a selection of articles relevant to the @ECER_EERA conference theme on “Education in an Age of Uncertainty: memory and hope for the future”! All articles will be free-to-access until 30th September 🔓 #ECER2024
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Associate Professor Madeleine Dobson retweeted
Call for chapters for a proposed new edited collection: "Material Geographies of Childhood & Youth." Abstracts due by 18 October.
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We can all do more to promote children’s rights to privacy online through modelling safe and respectful practices. In the Conversation we discuss current approaches to consent to publish in schools @tiffani_apps @digitalchildau @uowresearch
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