Wendy Boyd

Biography

Wendy commenced her PhD at QUT in 2005 having been Director of a community based early childhood (EC) centre for 24 years. At each assessment point the centre was rated as providing high quality EC education and care. She is Associate Professor in the School of Education coordinating initial teacher education programs including EC teacher education programs.

Research

Wendy’s research focuses on provision of quality early childhood education and care for all children within Australia and globally. Areas of research include education of the EC workforce; parents’ perspectives; the arts and curriculum; and sustainable practices in EC education.

Community engagement

Wendy engages with international and national EC organisations to consolidate research and teaching in EC education and to improve the quality of early childhood teacher workforce. Her work is based on the premise that EC teachers, who implement good quality programs, are critical to the success of the nation's children.

Supervision

Wendy is supervisor and mentor to Higher Degree Research candidates investigating issues within education across EC, primary, vocational and health education. Candidates are encouraged to publish their research to provide foundations for career success.

Teaching

Wendy's teaching is in innovative in the online teaching space where she brings real world experiences to enhance students' learning; and provides a strong role model for EC pre-service teachers to become global citizens.

Other

Wendy has been invited speaker at national and international conferences. She is on the Editorial Board for Australian Journal of Early Childhood; Editor of New Zealand International Research in Early Childhood Journal; Editor of Research in Practice Series for ECA; and examines HDR theses in education on request.