Libby Lee

BEd (Hons), PhD QUT.
Senior Lecturer , SOE

Research Interests

1. Early Childhood Education
2. Curriculum
3. Social justice
4. Technologies to support teaching and learning
5. Indigenous Education
6. Parent-school partnerships
7. Gifted and talented students

Projects

1. Mungullah-East Carnarvon Primary School Project (Funded by DEST/AETC, 2006-9)
2. A pedagogy for multiliteracies with information and communication technologies in Early Childhood Education (Funded by Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage project grant, 2003-5)
3. Enhancing the content and experience of interactive children’s television (Funded by Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage project grant, 2003-5)

Publications

1. Lee, L. (2002).  "Young gifted girls and boys: Perspectives through the lens of gender" Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 3(3), pp. 383-399.
2. Lee, L.  and O'Rourke, M. (2006). Information and Communication Technologies: Transforming views of literacies in early childhood settings. Early Years, Vol. 26, No.1, March 2006, pp. 49-62.
3. Lee, L. & Wilks, A. (2007). Documenting the early literacy and numeracy practices of home tutors in distance and isolated education in Australia. Australian Journal of Early Childhood 32 (2), pp.28-36.
4. Millei, Z. & Lee, L. (2007). 'Smarten up the Parents': whose agendas are we serving? Governing Parents and Children Through the Smart Population Foundation Initiative in Australia. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Vol 8 (3).
5. Yelland, N. Lee, L., O'Rourke, M. & Harrison, C. (in press 2008). Rethinking learning in early childhood. London: Oxford University Press.

Higher Degree Research Topics

1. Multiliteracies pedagogies with ICT in early education
2. Computer use in Hong Kong preschools
3. Full day/half day Kindergarten programs: the impact on social and emotional development
4. Teacher professional development: working with children diagnosed with ADHD
5. Interactive Children’s Television
6. Genealogical study of the child as the subject of pre-compulsory education in Western Australia
7. Evaluation of anxiety intervention/prevention program for year 3 children

Contact Details

l.lee@murdoch.edu.au