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Kelly Johnston is a lecturer with the School of Education at Macquarie University, specialising in young children’s engagement with technology, mathematics and science as well as STEM and STEAM.
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 moving to Macquarie University 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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"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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More than ‘more’: quantity and quality of mathematical language used by educators in mealtimes with infants
Johnston, K. & Degotardi, S., 26 Nov 2020, 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
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Critical but fair: reflections on publishing post-PhD
Johnston, K., 23 Aug 2019, BERA Research Intelligence Magazine , 140, p. 42 1 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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Digital technology as a tool to support children and educators as co-learners
Johnston, K., 1 Dec 2019, In: Global studies of childhood. 9, 4, p. 306-317 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review