Dr Anne Glover

Anne has worked in the field of education as a teacher/ director/ lecturer/ teacher educator and consultant in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, East Timor, the Philippines, Fiji, Kirribati, Nauru, Argentina and the USA.

In addition to her tertiary teaching, Anne is working on AusAID-funded projects designed to assist partner governments to improve the access to, and quality of their national education systems.

Anne is interested in education reform and vernacular education and has worked in these areas with the Vanuatu Ministry of Education, the Department of Education in Papua New Guinea, and the Indonesian Nusa Tengarra Timor Primary Education Partnership. She has extensive experience in designing, implementing and evaluating curricula and training programs for teachers, parents and community groups.

• Early childhood education
• Educational reform
• Curriculum development
• Anti-racist/anti-bias education
• Play and child development

Dip KTC, BEd, Grad Dip Parent Ed & Counselling, MA, PhD

• Children and Racism
• Indigenous Care and Education
• Vernacular Education
• Teacher Education

Whitington, V, Glover, A & Stephenson, E 2008, ‘Tertiary teaching and learning in Papua New Guinea - building effective intercultural learning and teaching relationships’, Journal of Educational Enquiry, Issue 8 (1), pp. 36-49.

Colbung, M, Glover, A, Rau, C & Ritchie, J 2007, ‘Indigenous peoples and perspectives in early childhood education’, in (eds) L Keesing-Styles & H Hedges, Theorising Practice: Emerging Dialogues, Pademelon Press, NSW.

Ikupu, A & Glover, A 2004, 'Early childhood care and education in a changing world: building on village life in Papua New Guinea, Early Childhood Development and Care Vol 174 (4) May, pp.415-424.

Whitington, V, Glover, A & Harley, F 2004, 'Preservice early childhood students’ perceptions of written feedback on their essays', Early Childhood Development and Care, Vol 174 (4) May, pp32-337.

Glover, A & Ikupu, A 2002, 'A multiple perspective quality assessment framework for Papua New Guinea’s Elementary Education Program', Papua New Guinea Journal of Education, Vol 38 (2) pp.56-65

Ikupu, A & Glover, A 2002, 'Papua New Guinea elementary teacher education: mixed mode teacher training for 16000 village teachers', Australian Journal of Early Childhood, Vol 28 (2) pp.39-45

Ebbeck, M & Glover, A 2000 'Immigrant families in early childhood centres: diverse expectations', in Landscapes in Early Childhood Education, ed. J. Hayden, Peter Lang, New York.

Glover, A 1998 'Play and Development', in Child's Play. Revisiting Play in Early Childhood Settings, ed. E. Dau, MacLennan & Petty, Sydney.

Glover, A 1998, 'Becoming Bicultural: An Australian Perspective', in Landscapes of Development ed L. Berk, Wadsworth, California.

Ebbeck, M & Glover, A 1998, 'Immigrant Families' Expectations of Early Childhood', Australian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 23 no.3.

Russel, A, Aloa, V, Feder, T, Glover, A & Palmer, G 1998, Sex-based Differences in Parenting Styles in a Sample of Preschool Children, Australian Journal of Psychology, vol.50, no.2.

Glover, A 1997, Review of UNICEF Pacific Basic Education Program UNICEF, Suva, Fiji.

Palmer, G, Glover, A & Aloa, V 1997, Talking with Students; A Starting Point. Non-English Speaking Background Students Talk about their Concerns and Experiences as Students in Early Childhood Courses, de Lissa Institute of Early Childhood & Family Studies, Magill, SA.

Colbung, M & Glover, A 1996, 'In Partnership with Aboriginal Children', in Conversations about Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Settings, ed. M. Fleer, AECA, Watson, Canberra.

Glover, A 1995, 'Children and Bias', in The Anti-bias Approach in Early Childhood, eds. B. Creaser & E. Dau, Harper Educational, Pymble, NSW.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Early childhood education/childcare

• Development of racial/ethnic attitudes, young children and racism
• Today's children/ play/the hurried child
• Making a difference in children's lives