DrKatherine Bussey

I am an infant and toddler specialist and Pikler Pedagogue, and am currently the only person in the world in English to work through the Pikler Trainer pathway. I have worked for over 25 years focusing my work on infant and toddler pedagogy, development and curriculum.

I have led and project managed a wide range of projects in education from early childhood education and care focusing on attachment relationships between early childhood professionals and children, and teacher education, my specialist areas. Alongside projects in inclusive education, teaching, and mentoring. My scholarly and practitioner publications and research are regularly cited internationally, and I have extensive networks in the early childhood profession and academia across Australia, New Zealand and throughout the world.

I welcome research interest from prospective research students in the following areas: 

• Infant and Toddler Care and Education
• Infant and Toddler Curriculum, Pedagogy and Development 
• Early Childhood Education and Care 
• Inclusion, inclusive education, disability and developmental challenges 
• Teacher education