Professor Karen Thorpe
Chief Investigator
The University of Queensland
Samantha is a current PhD student at The University of Queensland, engaged in research at Queensland Brain Institute (QBI). As part of the Thorpe Research Team, Samantha contributes to the 10,000 Hours Project, with a focus on children’s experiences in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) classrooms.
Research Interests
- Child development
- Early childhood education
- Child-educator interactions
Higher Degree by Research Student
Child development
PhD
Same Educator, Different Day aims to understand how the environment of an Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) classroom influences children’s experiences in early learning through the interactions that they have with the people around them. This project aims to provide guidance on how to enable services to implement higher quality interactions based on a classroom’s demand.
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