Professor Alison Elliott

Professor Alison Elliott has extensive research, teaching and policy experience in higher education and specifically in teacher education programs that prepare educators for teaching roles in early childhood contexts and schools. She has expert knowledge of curriculum design, planning, implementation and assessment processes, learning and teaching in the school and higher education context, professional development for teachers, family-school connectedness and engagement, and policy issues in early childhood education. Alison's work has a strong focus on promoting optimum learning and teaching environments for young children and other students in regional contexts- in partnership with their families and communities.

Alison's diverse professional and academic experiences in education contexts around Australia and internationally have generated a wealth of knowledge about early childhood and school education, teacher education and higher education more broadly.  She has held a range of academic and leadership positions in the university sector and is author of many publications and reports focusing on early childhood and school education, digital technologies and learning, and various policy and curriculum issues. Alison has been active in a range of cross sectorial strategic and operational decision and policy making, research-informed pedagogic initiatives for young children and development and review of teacher education courses. Alison was the long term editor of the leading professional publication for early childhood educators Every Child and a member of the inaugural Board of the Australian Children’s Educational and Care Quality Authority.

Alison’s recent research, policy and evaluation work has been mainly in regional communities focusing on strengthening professional learning and leadership for teachers and other educators and in higher education governance and practice.

I  have supervised a number of doctoral students to successful completion and welcome expressions of interest from prospective research students who seek to develop a research project in areas of interest that align with the above.