Mr Llewellyn Wishart |
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| Position | Lecturer in Early Childhood Education | |
| llewellyn.wishart@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | School of Education | |
| Phone | N/A | |
| Campus | Burwood | |
| Location | N2.18 | |
| Teaching responsibilities |
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (E420) ECP 331-334 Professional Experience 3A-3D ECE 407 Child, Family & Community Health & Physical Development Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (E330 & E330T) ECE 216 Children's Health, Wellbeing & Physical Education Master of Teaching (E760) (Early Childhood & Primary Strands) ECP 712 Social, Physical and Emotional Health and Wellbeing |
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| Research interests |
-Translating Academic Skills to Professional Skills (Pathways from Uni to becoming an early childhood teacher) -Nature based, outdoor and ecological learning -Embodied pedagogy -Contemplative education |
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| Current research projects |
-DUPPP Academic Literacies Project (BECE)2012-2013 -Gowrie Victoria, The Harbour Family & Children's Centre Outdoor Learning Space - How It Works? 2012 |
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| Service to the University, discipline or community |
BECE (E420) Professional Experience Co-ordinator (Academic) School of Education Professional Experience Sub Committee Unit Chair ECE 216 ECE 407 ECP 331-334 ECP 712 Princes Hill Primary School OSHC Sub Committee |
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| Awards | 1987 Queen Elisabeth II Trust Award (Graduate studies in dance education) | |
| Qualifications | BA (Macquarie), Grad Dip Movement & Dance (Melbourne), Grad Dip Ed (Early Childhood) (RMIT), M Ed (Adult Education) (UTS), Cert III Small Business Management (RMIT), Cert IV Workplace Assessment & Training (UTS), Certified Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner (SBMC, Amherst Massachusetts). Doctor of Education candidate (UNE). | |
| Memberships | Professional Practice Member - Body-Mind Centering® Association Inc. (BMCA), Registered Professional Member - International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association (ISMETA), NTEU, Early Childhood Australia (ECA), E-Vam Buddhist Institute, CERES Inc. | |
| Conferences |
Wishart, L 2010 ‘Bridging Inner and Outer Ecology: Body-Mind Centering® & Somatic Applications in Environmental & Nature-based Education’ presentation/workshop presented at Somatic Pedagogies - 25th Annual BMCA –USA Conference Denison University, Granville Ohio USA June 3-6, 2010. Wishart, L 2011, ‘What does children’s social, emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing mean to kindergarten teachers in the context of the Victorian Early Years Learning & Development Framework (VEYLDF)?’ presentation to 1st Early Childhood Research Symposium Deakin University DMC Waurn Ponds, Geelong VIC, 13 January 2011. Thies, L, Laskey, L Wishart, L & Yim, B 2012, 'The road to success: enriching a TAFE pathway course in early childhood education', poster presentation at 15th International First Year In Higher Education Conference Brisbane 27 June, 2012. |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
| Publications | Wishart, LE 2011, 'Nature Teaches Naturally: Present and Future Perspectives on Nature-based, Ecological and Somatic Learning', Currents: A Journal of the Body-Mind Centering Association vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 8-11. Wishart, LE 2009, Embodying Principles, Properties, Potential in Dance: a movement research compendium, Proximity, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 4-9. | |
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