Madeleine Dobson

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Madeleine Dobson is an Associate Professor at Curtin University. Her teaching, research, and engagement focus on Early Childhood Education & Care. Madeleine is an Associate Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child and an Ambassador for the Valuing Children Initiative. Her research interests include media, digital technologies, social justice, children’s rights, and trauma-informed + caring practices across educational contexts.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Associate professor, Curtin University
  • 2020–2023
    Senior Lecturer, Curtin University
  • 2017–2019
    Lecturer, Early Childhood Education & Care, Curtin University

Education

  • 2016 
    Curtin University, PhD

Publications

  • 2024
    Exploring researchers’ perspectives and experiences of digital childhoods research in schools. , Computers & Education Open.
  • 2024
    On becoming a queer educator: Reflections on queer perspectives and approaches in Initial Teacher Education. , Continuum
  • 2023
    Welcome, how can I help you? Design considerations for a virtual reality environment to support the orientation of online initial teacher education students. , Education Sciences
  • 2023
    International Trauma-Informed Practice Principles for Schools (ITIPPS): Expert Consensus of Best Practice Principles. , The Australian Educational Researcher.
  • 2023
    Wired, wild, wonderful: A scoping review of early childhood nature connections fostered by digital technologies. , International Journal of Child Computer Interaction.
  • 2023
    “Be beside me”: Exploring children’s visions for belonging and citizenship. , Issues in Educational Research
  • 2022
    Planning the curriculum, Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education
  • 2022
    Leading for quality in Western Australian early childhood services: An emerging framework, Issues in Educational Research
  • 2021
    Research Ethics and Digitising Early Childhood, Young Children’s Rights in a Digital World
  • 2021
    Researching Representations of Children and Childhood on Instagram: Ethical and Methodological Considerations, Young Children’s Rights in a Digital World
  • 2021
    Envisioning Caring Communities in Initial Teacher Education, Reimagining the Academy
  • 2020
    “Instagram has well and truly got a hold of me”: Exploring a parent’s representation of her children., Issues in Educational Research
  • 2019
    Powerful and pervasive, or personal and positive? Views of young girls, parents and educators about media, Issues in Educational Research
  • 2019
    ‘The thing that keeps me going’: educator resilience in early learning settings, International Journal of Early Years Education

Research Areas

  • Early Childhood Education (Excl. Maori) (130102)
  • Education Systems (1301)

Contact Madeleine for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision