BSc (Hons), MEd (Hons), EdD
Primary Course Convenor, Bachelor of Education (Primary)
Primary Course Convenor, Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education
Program Convenor, Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education
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Research expertise
Following careers as an early years teacher and researcher in both Australia and North America, Dr Twigg has taken up appointment as lecturer. She has worked as Senior Program Officer for the Office for Early Childhood Education and Care with the Queensland Department of Education and Training on strategic initiatives in relation to achieving universal access to quality kindergarten programs for all Queensland children by 2013. Her research interests are eclectic and include qualitative research methodologies including phenomenology, early childhood art education, student health and wellbeing, school improvement and professional learning for educators.
Research grants
- Chief Investigator, Evaluation of the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework Coaching Program (2010-2012) , $195 054
- Team Member, Evaluation of the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (2010-2011), $ 387266
Current teaching areas
- Developing curriculum in the early years
- Language and literacy in the early years
- Learning and teaching in the early years
- Investigations and problem solving
- Beginning mathematical processes
Publications
- Garvis, S., Twigg, D. & Pendergast, D. (2011, in press). Breaking the negative cycle: The formation of self-efficacy beliefs in the arts. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, Canberra, ACT: Early Childhood Australia.
- Twigg, D. (2011, in press). Look out below (and above)!: Challenging traditional methods of displaying young children’s artwork. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 12(3), Oxford, UK: Symposium Journals Ltd.
- Garvis, S., Flückiger, B. & Twigg, D. (2010). Exploring the beliefs, values and perceptions of students in a Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education. Paper presented at the 2010 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, University of Melbourne, Victoria
- Twigg, D. & Garvis, S. (2010). Exploring Art in Early Childhood Education. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 5(2), Champaign, IL: Common Ground Publishing.