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Personal profile
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 → 1999
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Early Childhood Education Scholarships Mentoring Program – Grants Programs
Andrews, R., Hadley, F., Waniganayake, M., Hay, I. & Holt, L.
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Futuring Leadership Project
Waniganayake, M., Hadley, F., McCulla, N., Jones, C., Field, L., Touhill, L. & Robertson, G.
1/12/17 → …
Project: Research
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MRFF: Harnessing the health communication power of the early childhood sector
Degotardi, S., Amin, J., Bull, R., Harrison, L. J., Waniganayake, M., Hadley, F., Wong, S., Zurynski, Y., Donovan, M., Mendham, M., O'Connell, M., Highfield, K., Death, E., Boehm, N., Fox, S., Cannen, E., Paterson, A., McNicholas, J., Payne, R. & Dahm, M.
1/02/21 → 1/10/21
Project: Research
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NSW Dept Edu: Mentoring and Coaching for New NSW Early Childhood Teachers
Hadley, F., Andrews, R., Waniganayake, M., Hay, I., Harrison, L. J. & Jones, C.
1/09/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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QIRP: Quality Improvement Research Project
Harrison, L. J., Irvine, S., Hadley, F., Andrews, R., Barblett, L., Davis, B., Hatzigianni, M., Li, P., Mulhearn, G. & Waniganayake, M.
6/02/19 → 30/09/19
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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Inviting inquiry on pedagogical documentation in Singapore: perspectives of parents and teachers
Chng, A., Waniganayake, M. & Andrews, R., 4 Mar 2022, In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 30, 2, p. 296–308 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The leadership role of Australian early childhood organisations in communicating health information during COVID-19
Wong, S., Sadow, L., Waniganayake, M., Zurynski, Y., Amin, J., Bull, R., Dahm, M. R., Degotardi, S., Donovan, M. J., Hadley, F. & Harrison, L. J., 2022, (Submitted) Leadership, work and pedagogy in ECEC during times of crises. Helsinki University Press/PalmeniaResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Keeping children safe in out of school hours care: perceptions of staff and managers of one provider in Sydney, Australia
Hadley, F., Waniganayake, M., Mevawalla, Z., Jones, C., Blythin, S. & Beauchamp, D., Jul 2021, In: Child Abuse Review. 30, 4, p. 318-331 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Promotion to leadership, not just merit, but insider knowledge: What do school principals say?
Steed, K., De Nobile, J. & Waniganayake, M., 23 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Education Policy and Practice. 36, 1, p. 1-21 21 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Views from the inside: Roles of deputy directors in early childhood education in Finland
Halttunen, L. & Waniganayake, M., 19 Nov 2021, In: Education sciences. 11, 11, p. 1-10 10 p., 751.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Keynote and Other Presentations
Manjula Waniganayake (Keynote speaker)
Oct 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Bloomsbury (Publisher)
Manjula Waniganayake (Editor in chief)
2017 → 2020Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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South African Journal of Early Childhood (Journal)
Manjula Waniganayake (Member of editorial board)
Jan 2017 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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International Journal of Early Years Education (Journal)
Manjula Waniganayake (Member of editorial board)
Jun 2017 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work