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Associate Professor Nadine McCrea

Nadine McCrea

Associate Professor, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education

Qualifications

BA (Family Life, Home Economics; San Jose State College, California, USA), MA (Child Development & Family Relationships, Home Economics; San Jose State University, California, USA), STC(EC) (Standard Teaching Credential-Early Childhood; University of California at Santa Cruz, USA), PhD (Education - Early Childhood; University of Queensland, Brisbane)

Contact

Email: nmccrea@une.edu.au
Room: Milton Building (E6) 41
Phone: 02 6773 2039 (or +61 2 6773 2039 overseas)
Fax: 02 6773 3363

I am available to encourage and facilitate your learning as well as challenge you to think thoughtfully and go beyond your present views and events as well as defend current ideas worthy of support.

I am a member of the Early Childhood Teacher Education group within the School of Education.

Affiliations

  • OMEP Australia, World Organisation for Early Childhood Education
  • ECA, Early Childhood Australia (formerly AECA)

Areas of Teaching

  • Current teaching
  • Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) - Units: EDEC324, EDEC340
  • Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) - Units: EDEC427

  • Past teaching
  • Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) - EDEC310, EDEC324, EDEC340
  • Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) - EDEC427
  • Teaching EdD coursework unit: PDED790 'Professional Workplace Culture and Learning' for 5 years
  • 'Special Topic' university study linked with World Forum CCIE or other relevant topics

  • Supervision of Doctorate and Masters (Honours) students (past & present):
    • 'Examining the links between workplace learners' self-perceptions and their adult learning: highlighting parallels for educators and learners' [PhD - in progress]
    • 'Collaborative learning and student-centred learning among sophomore English students at a nursing college in Taiwan' [EdE - in progress]
    • 'Storylines of Indigenous Women and Leadership in Early Childhood Education' [PhD - completed]
    • 'Self-awareness of beginning leaders in child care centres' [EdD (QUT) - completed]
    • 'Toward an Understanding of Children's Empathy and Prosocial Behaviours in Response to Real-World Issues: An Australian Case Study in an Upper-primary Korean Saturday Language Class' [MEd (Hons) - completed]
    • 'Music Experiences as a Support for Literacy Development in Very Young Children: One Child in a Family and Community Context' [MEd (Hons - EC) - completed]

Research interests

  • Leading collaboratively in early childhood settings
  • Educative health promotion in early childhood education
  • Teacher education issues and challenges
  • Everyday EC science, social meanings of food & everywhere veggie gardening
  • Educational workplace learning, culture & climate

Professional Interests

Revealing culture and climate in learning organisations; Understanding daily events in educational workplaces; Leadership frameworks and concepts; Early childhood education focusing on environmental sciencing; Family foodcycle learning, social meanings of foods with edible veggie gardening; Educative health promotion approaches; Challenges in early childhood teacher education.

Current Research

UNE Teaching Development Grant for 2003/2005 on Attrition across UNE, Team leader of project with three Associate Deans (T & L); Report online via TLC site at: http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/pub/#ua

Other Achievements

Current UNE & community leadership or service:


  • Member, NSW-TAFE Industry Reference Group (Meadowbank/Sydney) - Children's Services (1999-)

Past UNE & community leadership or service:

  • Course Coordinater - ECE (March 2006 - Dec 2008)
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Educational Administration (1999-2007)
  • Member, Faculty EdD Advisory Committee (1998-2007)
  • Member, Academic Board Teaching and Learning Committee - Working Party on Understanding Attrition (June 2005 - February 2006)
  • Foundation Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning), FEHPS (2001-2003)
  • Member, UNE Academic Board (2002-2003)
  • Chair, Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee (2001-2003)
  • Member, UNE Academic Board Teaching and Learning Committee (2001-2003)
  • Member/Chair, Faculty Teaching Committee (1998-2001)
  • Member, UNE Academic Board Programs and Degrees Committee (2000-2002)
  • Foundation Program Director, Early Childhood Education Program (1998-2001)
  • Member, UNE Admission Committee (1999)

Publications and Conferences

Publications and Conferences

Member of several editorial boards during the past few years; currently member of Editorial Advisory Board of 'Journal of Educational Administration'

  • McCrea, N., 2002, 'Helping Children be Food-wiser Consumers' Connections, Issue #7, September, p.1.
  • McCrea, N., 2002, 'Food as Shared Living-and-Learning' Child Care Information Exchange. Issue #145, May/ June, pp.49-52.
  • Forrest, R. & McCrea, N. 2002, 'How do I relate and share Professionally?' Child Care Information Exchange. Issue #143, Jan/ Feb, pp.49-52.
  • McCrea N., 2002, 'Learn Leading for Authenticity' Child Care Information Exchange. Issue #147, Sept/Oct, pp.10-14.
  • Appleton, McCrea and Patterson, 2001, Do Carrot's Make You Better? A Guide to Food and Nutrition in Early Childhood Programs, Gryphon House, Maryland, USA.
  • Appleton, McCrea and Paterson, 1999, There's More to Food Than Eating. Food Foundations for Children, Pademelon Press, Sydney.
  • McCrea, N. (ed.), 1999, Early Childhood Teacher Education Support Kit: a resource for encouraging and empowering professionals as students to do more-than-survive at university! Armidale, NSW, University of New England, School of Education Studies.
  • McCrea and Ehrich numerous publications over the years, primarily in the areas of Educatinal leadership and management.

Conferences

Postgraduate Student completions

  • Indigenous Leadership in Early Childhood Education (PhD, UNE-2002)
  • Beginning Director's Self-Awareness & juggling (EdD, GMT-2003)