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Biography
Manjula’s expertise focus on educational leadership, early childhood policy especially on quality matters, as well as child and family diversity, and professional learning, mentoring and career development of early childhood personnel. For her contribution to the study of early childhood educational leadership, Manjula was awarded a Honoris Causa in Education by the University of Tampere, Finland. Manjula has been exploring the conceptualisation and enactment of leadership within Early Childhood settings for almost two decades. She initiated the dialogue on theorising distributed leadership paradigm in Early Childhood settings, and this research continues to evolve through collaborations with Scandinavian researchers.
Manjula has an extensive track record of working in the Early Childhood sector in a variety of roles comprising being a classroom practitioner, a parent, a policy analyst, an advocate, a teacher educator, an academic writer and researcher. She has a deep knowledge of Early Childhood policy and practice built through teaching, research and active involvement in the sector for over three decades, including holding office in various community organisations including Early Childhood Australia and UNICEF Australia. Manjula’s continuing interests in cross-cultural research have been built through collaborations with colleagues from diverse countries especially those from Estonia, Finland, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore and South Africa. In connection with this work Manjula was appointed the Editor-in-Chief for Early Childhood Education by Bloomsbury Publishers. She is one of four international scholars who oversees the preparation of articles from around the world, for inclusion in Bloomsbury’s digital platform dedicated to Education and Childhood Studies (www.becs-bloomsbury.com).
External positions
Adjunct Professor (Docentship), University of Tampere
Sep 2008 → …Visiting Professor of Early Childhood Research, University of Oulu
1998 → 1999Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Manjula Waniganayake is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Projects
Singing with young children: The impact of regular singing on teacher-identified learning outcomes in early years programmes
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Futuring Leadership Project
Waniganayake, M., Hadley, F., McCulla, N., Jones, C., Field, L., Touhill, L. & Robertson, G.
1/12/17 → …
Project: Research
Creating new frontiers in early childhood leadership through the reconceptualisation of educational leader preparation
17/07/16 → 17/01/17
Project: Research
"Child Care in Australia" - Longitudinal survey of Australian Children Wave 1 Thematic Publication
Waniganayake, M., Harrison, L., Ungerer, J., Zubrick, S., Wise, S. K., Vimpani, G. & Press, F.
27/06/06 → 28/02/07
Project: Research
Research Outputs
Practitioner and foster carer perceptions of the support needs of young parents in and exiting out-of-home care: A systematic review
Gill, A., Grace, R., Waniganayake, M. & Hadley, F., Jan 2020, In : Children and Youth Services Review. 108, p. 1-12 12 p., 104512.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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
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Citation
(Scopus)
Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment: A handbook for early childhood education
Ebrahim, H. (ed.), Waniganayake, M. (ed.), Hannaway, D. (ed.) & Modaise, M. (ed.), 1 Oct 2019, (Accepted/In press) Johannesburg: Pearsons Education.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology
Early childhood educational leaders in Australia: Tensions and possibilities in leadership preparation and capacity building
Page, J. & Waniganayake, M., 2019, In : International Studies in Educational Administration. 47, 2, p. 23-36 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Early childhood educators' workplace well-being: A case for using self-determination theory to understand and support workplace well-being in early childhood services
Jones, C., Hadley, F., Waniganayake, M. & Johnstone, M., 2019, In : New Zealand-International Research in Early Childhood Education Journal. 22, 2, p. 9-17 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Prizes
Activities
NSW Education Standards Authority (External organisation)
Manjula Waniganayake (Member)May 2017 → Jul 2017
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
International Journal of Early Years Education (Journal)
Manjula Waniganayake (Member of editorial board)Jun 2017 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Keynote and Other Presentations
Manjula Waniganayake (Keynote speaker)Oct 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Bloomsbury (Publisher)
Manjula Waniganayake (Editor in chief)2017 → 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work