Associate ProfessorAnne-Marie Morrissey

The role of play in learning and development.
Quality in childcare.
Learning and development birth-to-three years.
Learning environments
Natural outdoor learning spaces for children
Young gifted children

Knowledge Areas
Early childhood education

Play and play-based learning

Outdoor learning environments

Giftedness in early childhood

Quality in early education and care programs

Programs for children under 3-years

Projects
2018 Cultural change in early childhood education and practice. Association of
Graduates in Early Childhood Studies $11, 417

2017 Kindergarten outdoor spaces: play, wellbeing and perspectives. (with
Kinders Together) REDI Industry Collaboration Development Grant $10,000

2015-2016 Professonal development programme for early childhood and early
years primary educators: Making a Difference for Young Gifted and Talented
Children (with the Bastow Institute). Department of Education and Training
(Victoria) $74,018

2014-2015 Investigating the use of IELTS in Determining Employment, Migration
and Professional Registration Outcomes in Healthcare and Early Childhood
Education in Australia. IELTS $64,803

2014-2015 Research and evaluation of the re-development of a rural childcare
outdoor playspace. (with Fleming's Nursery)

2014-2015 Ballarat KinderGardens Project: The Research, Evaluation and
Professional Development components. Forest Hill Foundation $18,000

2013-2014 Early Years Education in the Primary Years Programme (PYP):
Implementation Strategies and Programme Outcomes. International Baccalaureate
Organisation $44, 586

2013 Greening Childcare Learning Spaces (with Mission Australia). Funding
from Horticulture Innovation Australia and Fleming's Nursery $25,000

2013 Development of online resource for DEECD "Making a Difference for Young
Gifted and Talented Children'. Department of Education and Early Childhood
Development (Victoria) $27,500

2012 'The Harbour' Outdoors: How it Works for Children and Staff (with Gowrie
Victoria)

2011-2015 Pilot Statewide Professional Mentoring Program for Early Childhood
Teachers (CI) (Deakin/VU partnership, Funded by DEECD $1,300,000).

2011-2012 Student perspectives on their birth-to-two placement (Deakin grant)