Professor Marjory Ebbeck

Professor Ebbeck is currently Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of South Australia. She is part time Senior Academic Adviser to SEED Institute (Formerly RTRC, Asia) and she is currently external consultant to two projects jointly with Catholic Education, NT and Charles Darwin University. Recent papers: -Professor Ebbeck presented a paper with two early childhood recent PhD graduates Dr Bonnie Hoi Yin and Dr Maria Lai Wan Lee at the Alliance for International Education Conference Asian Branch Shanghai Gathering 23-25 October, 2009 The title of the paper was Internationalisation of the curriculum: A comparison of two early childhood higher education programs in Australia -Professor Ebbeck presented a paper at the Charles Darwin University & Catholic Education, Northern Territory Conference on Strong Foundations in Early Childhood, November 13th & 14th. The title of Emeritus Professor Ebbeck’s paper was Assessment in Early Childhood: Achievements and Challenges.

Professor Ebbeck was appointed in June, 2008 as an external examiner for the Universiti, Brunei Darussalam

Professor Ebbeck completed an assessment of the B Ed (ECE) and was an external assessor at the University of Malaya, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, February, 2008.

Professor Ebbeck has been reappointed in 2008 for another 3 years to the Hong Kong Council of Accreditation (HKCAE) as a specialist in early childhood education

Professor Ebbeck is the principal researcher in a teaching/learning grant to develop an on-line course in brain developement 2007-2008.

Professor Ebbeck was the principal researcher in a University Commissioned grant she won with Dr Victoria Whitington and Ms Alexandra Diamond which is investigating the transition between the TAFSA child care award and the School of Education early childhood degree program. This research was completed in August 2006 and is on a UNISA website.

Professor Ebbeck chaired the Children's Services State Consultative Committee from 1996 - July 2004.

• Early Childhood Education and Policy
• Multicultural Education
• Parent Participation in Education
• Curriculum Development and Evaluation
• Research Methods in Early Childhood

· Member, OMEP World Organisation for Pre-school Education

· Member, Australian Association of Early Childhood Educators

· Member, Australian Teacher Education Association Inc

· Member, Association for Childhood Education International

· Member, Australian Association for Research in Education

· Member, Play Rights International - Hong Kong

· Member, Play Group Association - Hong Kong

· Member, Hong Kong Council for Early Childhood Education & Services

· Grad Dip Ed TESOL,SACAE,1989

· Ph D Educational Administration, The Flinders University of South Australia, 1984

· M Ed (Admin.) The Flinders University of South Australia, 1981

· MA Education, Michigan State University, 1971

· ALCM Associate of London College of Music - Pianoforte 1956

· TITC Trained Infant Teachers Certificate. Burwood Teachers College, Victoria, 1956

• Consultant for UNICEF in Mauritius 1997-2004
• Consultant for Early Childhood Education in Singapore, Brunei, and Hong Kong - current
• Consultant to Jogyakarta State University, Indonesia 1997-1999
• Consultant on course accreditation, Hong Kong Council of Accreditation - current
• Children's language learning
• Gender issues in early childhood education
• Early Childhood Education Policy

Rethinking attachment: Fostering positive relationships between infants, toddlers and their primary caregivers. Co-authored with Hoi Yin Bonnie Yim (2009). 179 (7) October,899 - 910

Editor with Associate Professor Manjula Waniganayake of a book entitled Children’s Play in Early Childhood Education: Facilitating Learning in Diverse Contexts. Forthcoming in 2010 publisher, Oxford University Press

Whitington, V., Ebbeck, M., Diamond, A. & Yim, H. Y. B. (2009). A pathway to enhancing professionalism: Building a bridge between TAFE and university early childhood qualifications. Australiasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34 (1), p. 27-35.

Yim, H.Y B., Lee, L. W.M., & Ebbeck, M. 2009 (accepted for publication). Confucianism and early childhood education: A study of young children’s responses to traditional Chinese festival stories. Early Child Development and Care

Children's preferences for group musical activities in child care centres: A cross cultural study. Coauthored with Yim, H.Y.B (2009) Early Childhood Education journal, 37 (2), 103-111.

Ebbeck, M., & Warrier, S. (2008). Image of the Singapore Child. Early Childhood Education Journal. (DOI 10.1007/s10643-008-0278-8)

Ebbeck, M. Lee, L. W. M. & Yim, H. Y. B. December, 2008. Music in Early Childhood Education: Teachers’ Levels of Confidence and Happiness in The Australian Journal of Music Education.

Book chapter. Ebbeck, M., & Yim, H. Y. B. (2008). Fostering Relationships Between Infants, Toddlers and Their Primary Caregivers in Child Care Centres in Australia. In M. R. Jalongo (Ed.),Enduring Bonds: Educating the Young Child (pp. 159-177). U.S. Springer.2008

Internationalisation: Some implications for teaching early childhood research. Co-authored with Sharon Russo in Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2007 Vol 32 No 2.

A study of Child Rearing Practices Amongst Selected, Sudanese Families in South Australia: Implications for Child Care Service Selection. Co-authored with Carmencita Dela Cerna. Early Childhood Journal (2006) DOI 10.1007/s 10643-006-0129-4

The challenges of Global Citizenship: Some Issues for Policy and Practice in Early Childhood Education. Childhood Education 2006, Vol 82, No 6

Third culture children: Report of a study in Singapore. Book chapter in Global Migration and Education. Co-athored with Valerie Reus, 2006.

Transitions: Third Culture Children. Co-authored with Valerie Reus. Australian Journal of Early Childhood. Vol 30, No 3, 2005.

Report of Research in Long Day Care in South Australia co-authored with Dr Pam Winter in International Journal of Learning, Volume 10, 2003-2005

Story Dramatization in the Enhancement of Pre-schoolers' Creativity co-authored with Komala Angappan in Asia-pacific Journal for Arts Education, Volume 2, Number 2, 2004

Child-rearing Practices in a Selected Sample of Parents with Children in Child care in Singapore co-authored with N. Gokhale in Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Volume, 5 Number 2, 2004

"Diversity in Early Childhood Services" in International Curriculum Issues (Ed) Pamela Oberhuemer, Opladen: Leske & Budrich 2004.

Early Childhood Professionals: Leading Today and Tomorrow. Co-authored with Dr M Waniganayake, Maclennan & Petty 2003

Making the Arts Come Alive through Active Researching. Co-authored with Janet McDowall in Asia-Pacific journal for Arts Education, 2003 Vol 2 No 1.

Global Pre-school Education: Issues and Progress" in International Journal of Early Childhood 2002, Vol 34, No 2.

Cultural Continuities: An Australian Perspective, Early Child Development & Care 2001, Vol 171 pp33-46

Children Constructing their Own Knowledge. International Journal of Early Years Education 1996 Vol 4, No 2

The Early Years and the Development of Tolerance. Co-authored with L. Adams in the International Journal of Early Years Education 1997 Vol 5 Number 2

Parents Expectations and Child Rearing Practices in Hong Kong. Early Child Development & Care 1996 Vol 119, pp 15-25

Preschool Education in People's Republic of China. International Journal of Early Years Education 1995 Vol 4, No 2

Child Rearing Practices in Brunei Darussalam: Report of a Research Study with Hjh Yusof, Hjh Morni, & Merilee Rosberg to the Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 1995

Report: A Training Needs Analysis of the Early Childhood Workforce in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Council of Early Childhood Services & Education, 1993

On Home Ground - The Magill Aboriginal Early Childhood Education Programme. Co-authored with Glen Palmer, 1991

Professional Development in Early Childhood Education: An Australian Perspective. Co-authored with Margaret Clyde, Ann Veale, Win Haseloff. - A monograph. 1991

Conference Paper: Fostering positive relationships between infants, toddlers and their primary caregivers. Co-paper with Hoi Yin Bonnie Yim presented at Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Research Forum at the University of South Austrlai, Adelaide, South Australia on 11 August 2007.

Early Childhood Education, 1990 Longman: Melbourne

Conference Paper: Rethinking attachment: Fostering positive relationships between infants, toddlers and their primary caregivers. Co-paper with Hoi Yin Bonnie Yim presented at 8th Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA) Conference in Hong Kong SAR, China on 4-7 July 2007.

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

Discipline: Early childhood education/childcare

• Early childhood curriculum, child development, research methods,
• cultural diversity