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Student Topic Supervisor
Mengran Li
Early childhood teachers' professional learning and development Dr Maria Cooper
Alice Jen Chia

Teacher leadership in early childhood education (ECE) settings in Aotearoa New Zealand Dr Maria Cooper
Qun Ma

Chinese kindergarten teachers’ professional identity using critical realist-informed policy and interview analyses Dr Maria Cooper
Louise Gorst

Teachers' influence and leadership of curriculum and pedagogy from their strengths and interests Dr Maria Cooper
Jennifer Boyd
Ecologies of care in early childhood education Dr Kiri Gould
Jasmine Wang
Interdiscursivity between ECEC quality, teacher identity and teacher practice Dr Kiri Gould
Naomi Pears-Scown
Professional identities and history stories in Creative Arts Therapy Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Evelyn Christina
Advocating for inclusive communities Dr Marek Tesar
Anny Bertoli
The children's power perception in school and in social movements Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Phoebe Tong
Chinese immigrants’ perspectives of becoming and being a teacher in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Lauren Willing
Staying with the trouble of environmental education, introduced predators, and biodiversity loss Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Jamie Denton
Being, becoming, and belonging as a digital educator Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Jung-Hsu Wan
Transcultural dance movement psychotherapy and wellbeing with a focus on relational trauma Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Julie Brien
Immigrant teacher identity in Aotearoa, becoming a culturally responsive pedagogue Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Sudheera Nangakkara
Sri Lankan immigrants’ and their children’s perception of identity and cultural values Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Xiangchen Zhang
Cultural and discursive construction of childhood and nature in nature-based early childhood education programmes Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Hilary Tapper
The agency of the arts in therapeutic practice Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Ashita Kaul
Collaborative working relationships between school counsellors and teachers Dr Esther Fitzpatrick
Soyon Park
Doctoral education and identity Dr Esther Fitzpatrick