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PROF BRIDIE RABAN



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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Homepage: http://staff.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/~bridie/index.html
Work: 8344 0978
Mobile: 0408 188 755
Fax: 8344 9531
Building: Alice Hoy Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Teacher education: Early childhood studies; Early childhood education: Language and literacy development; Program evaluation. Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom Canterbury Christ Curch University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts The University of Hull 31-Dec-1965
Teaching Certificate University of Bristol 31-Dec-1968
Graduate Diploma in Education University of London 31-Dec-1970
Graduate Diploma in Education University of Bristol 31-Dec-1974
Master of Education University of Bristol 31-Dec-1976
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Reading 31-Dec-1984

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The Young Learners Project: Identifying personalised teaching strategies for early literacy in children in preschool and the first year of school Chief Investigator AUSTRALIAN SCHOLARSHIPS GROUP,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008

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 2007

Books

  • Building Capacity: Strategic Professional Development for Early Childhood Practitioners
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Thomson
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  • Early childhood literacy and numeracy: Building good practice
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Department of Education, Science and Training
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Journal Articles

  • Constructing cultural-historical tools for supporting young children's concept formation in early literacy and numeracy
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Early Years
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 103-118
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  • Marie Clay - A Tribute to An Enduring Scholar
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Journal of Reading Recovery
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 109-110
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A Cultural-Historical Analysis of Concept Formation in Early Education Settings: Conceptual Consciousness for the Child or only the Adult?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 69-80
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  • It's the Thought that Counts: A Sociocultural Framework for Supporting Early Literacy and Numeracy.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 35-53
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  • Preschool children's reading experiences
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Literacy Today
    Volume: June 2006
    Page numbers: 26-27
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  • Reading Recovery for Children with Hearing Loss
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Volta Review
    Volume: 106
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 29-53
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  • Teaching Children with Hearing Loss in Reading Recovery
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Literacy Teaching and Learning
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 21-50
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Reports

  • Statewide Evalualtion of Best Start - Final Report
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Department of Human Services
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Program Evaluation Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • 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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  • Evaluating the strategic approach to professional development through guided reflection
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Reflective Practice
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 221-230
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  • Reading practices experienced by preschool children in areas of disadvantage
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Early Childhood Research
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 289-298
    Publisher: Sage Publications(Thousand Oaks)
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Reports

  • Literacy and numeracy that counts from birth to five years: a review of the literature


    Year: 2005
    Customer: DEST Early Childhood Learning Resources
    Publisher: Department of Education, Science and Training
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  • Best Start: Statewide Evaluation Progress Report
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Victorian Department of Human Services
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Self-assessing early childhood literacy and numeracy practice: It's the thought that counts
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Australian Department of Education, Science and Training
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training(Canberra)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Literacy in the early years: a follow-up study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Research in Reading
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 15-29
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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Reports

  • Best Start: Statewide Evaluation Progress Report
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Victorian Department of Human Services
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(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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  • Multiple Perspectives: acknowledging the virtue of complexity in measuring quality
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Early Years
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 67-77
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Children as capable learners
    Year: 2002
    Book: Beginning school together: Sharing strengths
    Publisher: Australian Early Childhood Association(Canberra)
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  • The literacy block in primary school classrooms, Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2002
    Book: Raising Standards in Literacy: Language and Literacy in Action Series
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Profiling Preschool Literacy: Evidence of Indigenous Children's Capabilities
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 74-85
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • FLIP - A student centred online flexible learning environment
    Year: 2002
    Event name: The Global Summit of Online Knowledge Networks 2002
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Global Summit of Online Knowledge Networks
    Page numbers: 129-133
    Publisher: Global Summit of Online Knowledge Networks
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Early learning and early literacy
    Year: 2001
    Book: Promoting evidence-based practice in early childhood education: Research and its implications
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Government and the academy: Relationships between policy and research
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 71-80
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  • Reading early childhood and developing literacy
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Early Childhood
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 33-38
    Publisher: Australian Early Childhood Association(Watson)
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  • Teachers' beliefs and understandings of literacy in the pre-school: Pre-school Literacy Project Stage 1
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 157-168
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