Ms Christy Ward |
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| Position: | Program Director | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Education | |
| Campus: | Magill Campus | |
| Office: | G1-24 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 24586 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 24394 | |
| Email: | Christena_dot_Ward_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Christena.Ward | |
My teaching career began in kindergartens in Canada. I taught in Northern Ontario and then for a year in British Columbia. After a move to South Australia I worked in child care centres as a teacher and director. I now lecture in child development at the School of Education, Magill Campus and coordinate the postgraduate child care professional experience course
Teaching interests
- children's language development
- child care and the practicum
I teach the following courses
| EDUC 1044 | Childcare Practicum |
| EDUC 1042 | Focus on Children 4 - 8 years |
| EDUC 1016 | Children's Social-Emotional Development Birth - 8 Years |
Professional associations
Executive member, Early Childhood Australia (ECA), SA Branch; Board Member for South Australia on National ECA Board
Qualifications
Currently completing an EdD, Flinders University
Master of Education (Early Childhood Education) University of South Australia
Graduate Diploma in Parent Education & Counseling South Australian College of Advanced Education
Primary School Specialists Certificate, Toronto Teachers College
Bachelor of Arts (English, Psychology), Queens University
Research interests
- Child care practicums and supervision
- Contributions of family day care providers to family functioning
Research publications
Whitington, V. & Ward, C. (1999) Intersubjectivity in caregiver-child communication. In L.E. Berk (ed) Landscapes of Development: An Anthology of Readings (pp.109-121). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Expertise for Media Contact
I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:
Discipline: Early childhood education/childcare
- Childcare issues
Community Service
| Organisation Name: | Early Childhood Australia |
| Section: | National |
| Type of Organisation: | Professional organisation |
| Organisation URL: | http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ |
| Level of involvement: | Board member |
| Year from: | 2007 |
| Year to: | 2009 |
| Organisation Name: | Early Childhood Australia |
| Section: | SA Branch |
| Type of Organisation: | Professional organisation |
| Organisation URL: | http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ |
| Level of involvement: | Executive Member |
| Year from: | 1999 |
| Organisation Name: | Education and Care Legislative Reform Stakeholders Group |
| Type of Organisation: | Government Board or committee |
| Organisation URL: | http://www.edlawreform.sa.gov.au |
| Level of involvement: | Active membership - represent ECA |
| Year from: | 2007 |
| Year to: | 2009 |
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