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MS JANICE DEANS



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Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: DIRECTOR, EARLY LEARNING CENTRE
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Graduate Diploma of Movement and Dance Institute of Early Childhood Development 06-Dec-1982
Diploma of Teaching Melbourne Kindergarten Teachers College 14-Dec-1970
Graduate Diploma in Arts Education-Visual & Performing Arts Phillip Institute of Technology 10-Jun-1985
Master of Education Studies Monash University 10-Aug-1994

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Book Chapters

  • Art Embodied and Disembodied: Expression, Representation, and Reflection
    Year: 2009
    Book: Education in the Arts: Teaching and Learning in the Contemporary Curriculum
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Friends on the Farm - Reciprocal Relationship Building Through the Arts
    Year: 2009
    Journal: UNESCO Observatory
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-14
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Reflection, Renewel and Relationship Building: an ongoing journey in early childhood arts education
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 339-353
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Building Capacity: Strategic Professional Development for Early Childhood Practitioners
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Thomson
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Journal Articles

  • Poetry and music as colours of the world
    Year: 2007
    Journal: EQ Australia
    Volume: 2007
    Issue: Autumn
    Page numbers: 31-33
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  • The Link Program: Investigating the relevance and implications of preschool theory and practice for primary school teacher professional development

    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 95-105
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  • The possum story: Reflections of an early childhood drama teacher
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Early Childhood
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-11
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  • The realism and sex type of four- to five-year-old children's occupational aspirations
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Early Childhood Research
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 155-168
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Creative Works

  • How the Murray River was made
    Year: 2007
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: How the Murray River was made
    Edition: 1
    ISBN: 978-0-7340-2745-0
    Publisher: Early Learning Centre, the University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Computer Software Products

  • Australia Our Ark
    Year: 2007
    Version:: 1
    Publisher: Early Learning Centre, the University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Audio Visual Recordings

    Publications in 2006

    Journal Articles

    • Child's Right to Music in the Early Years: Research, Policy and Practice
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
      Volume: 13
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 1-12
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    Creative Works

    • Poetry and Music as Colours of the World
      Year: 2006
      Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: Poetry and Music as Colours of the World
      Edition: 1
      Publisher: Early Learning Centre, the University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    Publications in 2005

    Journal Articles

    • A place for sound: Raising children's awareness of their sonic environment
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Australian Journal of Early Childhood
      Volume: 30
      Issue: 4
      Page numbers: 43-48
      Publisher: Australian Early Childhood Association(Watson)
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    • Coming Closer: Sharing Australian Aboriginal Stories through Drawing, Painting and Words
      Year: 2005
      Journal: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
      Volume: 4
      Page numbers: 333-340
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    • Empowering practitioners to critically examine their current practice
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
      Volume: 12
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 1-15
      Publisher: Monash University(Clayton)
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    • Music as Experience: from Dewey to Rogoff
      Year: 2005
      Journal: International Journal of Early Childhood Education
      Volume: 11
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 125-138
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Coming closer: Sharing Australian Aboriginal stories through drawing, painting and words
      Year: 2005
      Event name: Fourth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
      Conference Publication: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
      Volume: 4
      Page numbers: 333-340
      Publisher: Common Ground Publishing(Melbourne)
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    • Three-year-olds and musical ability: Early impressions
      Year: 2005
      Event name: AARE 2004 MelbourneDoing the public goodPositioning Education Research
      Conference Publication: AARE 2004 Conference Papers
      Volume: 1
      Page numbers: 1-10
      Publisher: AARE(Melbourne)
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    Publications in 2004

    Conference Publications/Papers

    • What do young children have to say about the future and their role in shaping it?
      Year: 2004
      Event name: Global conference on excellence in education and training 2004
      Conference Publication: Global Conference on Excellence in Education and Training - Conference Proceedings
      Page numbers: 1
      Publisher: Singapore Polytechnic
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    Creative Works

    • Children's Art - The creative expression of ideas, feelings and life experiences
      Year: 2004
      Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: Celebrating Children's Creativity: An Exhibition of Australian Children's Art
      Date from: 21-JUL-2004
      Date to: 24-JUL-2004
      Publisher: OMEP Australia(Melbourne)
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    Publications in 2003

    Journal Articles

    • Describing quality assurance in practice: developing a framework
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
      Volume: 10
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 56-68
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    • Expressive thoughts or fine skills? Sharing perspectives on arts education through a China-Australia cross-cultural collaboration
      Year: 2003
      Journal: ARTicle
      Volume: Summer 2003
      Page numbers: 20-25
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • A sense of place: an investigation of sound with young children
      Year: 2003
      Event name: Acoustic Ecology, the 2003 Symposium of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE)
      Conference Publication: Acoustic Ecology, the 2003 Symposium of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) - CD Proceedings
      Page numbers: 1-7
      Publisher: Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    • Including Environmental Education in the Early Years Curriculum
      Year: 2003
      Event name: New Zealand Childcare Association 40th Annual Conference
      Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Childcare Association
      Page numbers: 1-12
      Publisher: New Zealand Childcare Association(Wellington)
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    Publications in 2002

    Journal Articles

    • Stepping Stones: Developing Cross-Cultural Partnerships in Early Childhood Education
      Year: 2002
      Journal: International Journal of Learning
      Volume: 9
      Page numbers: 3-10
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    Publications in 2001

    Journal Articles

    • Boorai: The children's art gallery
      Year: 2001
      Journal: Every Child
      Volume: 7
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 6-7
      Publisher: Australian Early Childhood Association(Canberra)
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