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Kelly Johnston is an Adjunct Fellow with the School of Education at Macquarie University.
Kelly’s research has a strong focus on young children’s digital citizenship and digital wellbeing, and supporting children’s agency in successfully navigating digital spaces. She also has a strong interest in equity and social justice in education, focusing on working with educators and pre-service teachers to break cycles of mathematics aversion.
Prior to completing her PhD Kelly was engaged in a wide range of roles across the early childhood education sector. This included working as an early childhood teacher and service director in Australia and New Zealand, primary school teaching in the UK and also working in early childhood licensing and accreditation at both a state and federal level.
Education/Academic qualification
Early Childhood Education, Doctor of Philosophy , Macquarie University
Award Date: 10 Nov 2017
Research, Postgraduate Certificate - Research Methods, Macquarie University
Award Date: 9 Jul 2013
Early Childhood Education, Master of Early Childhood, Macquarie University
Award Date: 23 Apr 2013
Early Childhood Education, Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), Macquarie University
Award Date: 16 Jul 1999
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Engagement and immersion in digital play: supporting young children’s digital wellbeing
Johnston, K., 1 Oct 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 19, p. 1-13 13 p., 10179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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"Let's roll the dice": exploring amounts, counting, transcoding and the investigation of invariance and variance
Jegodtka, A. J., Schechner, L. & Johnston, K., 2021, Mathematics in early childhood: research, reflexive practice and innovative pedagogy. Thiel, O., Severina, E. & Perry, B. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 48-60 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Understanding educator attitudes towards and perceptions of mathematics in early childhood
Johnston, K. & Bull, R., 1 Sep 2022, In: Journal of Early Childhood Research. 20, 3, p. 341–356 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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More than ‘more’: quantity and quality of mathematical language used by educators in mealtimes with infants
Johnston, K. & Degotardi, S., 26 Nov 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Early Years Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Practitioner inquiry as a professional learning strategy to support technology integration in early learning centres: Building understanding through Rogoff’s planes of analysis
Johnston, K., Hadley, F. & Waniganayake, M., 2020, In: Professional Development in Education. 46, 1, p. 49-64 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus)