Anna Kilderry
Biographic Data
| ID | 6329646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Kilderry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Kilderry |
| SIGNATURE | KILDERRY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1692-8498 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
We are not able to speak English, so we don't know what is happening: ” Missed opportunities for families' engagement in their children's learning
Drawing from equity and plurilingual lenses, this qualitative research explores opportunities for parents from Language Backgrounds other than English (LBOTE) to engage in their children's school learning. Twenty-six Vietnamese and Burmese parents from two Australian primary (elementary) schools were interviewed. Three family engagement strategies, 1) open communication between teachers and families 2) homework/home learning 3) student conversati…
Affirmative discourse intervention: A framework for re-democratising engagement with education policy discourse
In recent times, education policy and reform discourses have become increasingly politicised by neo-liberalism, with critical policy methodologies struggling to catch up. Critical policy sociologists have noted that critical commentaries rarely succeed in changing or impacting dominant education policy pathways. This article presents a framework for critical engagement in education policy drawing on Foucauldian notions of governmentality, with th…
Family school partnership discourse: Inconsistencies, misrepresentation, and counter narratives
Storying un/belonging in early childhood
Children’s agency and capabilities are often overlooked in the research literature, in particular, when it comes to young children’s reflections on their transnational childhoods and migration experiences. Nestled within an intergenerational family migration story, this article reports on a study that investigated childhood identity, home and belonging. The catalyst for the study came from N.D.’s (then) 6-year-old daughter who asked ‘ Mummy, am I…
Teacher accounts of parent involvement in children's education in China
Teachers in early childhood policy
This paper examines teacher accountability and authority in early childhood policy. It reports on data from a study that investigated the influences affecting early childhood teacher decision-making at the preschool level in Victoria, Australia. Using a question raised by Ball ‘Where are the teachers in all this [policy]?’ provided a starting point for the critical discourse analysis into how forms of control, teacher authority, obligation and co…
Family school partnership discourse: Inconsistencies, misrepresentation, and counter narratives
Teacher accounts of parent involvement in children's education in China
Storying un/belonging in early childhood
Children’s agency and capabilities are often overlooked in the research literature, in particular, when it comes to young children’s reflections on their transnational childhoods and migration experiences. Nestled within an intergenerational family migration story, this article reports on a study that investigated childhood identity, home and belonging. The catalyst for the study came from N.D.’s (then) 6-year-old daughter who asked ‘ Mummy, am I…
Teachers in early childhood policy
This paper examines teacher accountability and authority in early childhood policy. It reports on data from a study that investigated the influences affecting early childhood teacher decision-making at the preschool level in Victoria, Australia. Using a question raised by Ball ‘Where are the teachers in all this [policy]?’ provided a starting point for the critical discourse analysis into how forms of control, teacher authority, obligation and co…
Teachers in early childhood policy
This paper examines teacher accountability and authority in early childhood policy. It reports on data from a study that investigated the influences affecting early childhood teacher decision-making at the preschool level in Victoria, Australia. Using a question raised by Ball ‘Where are the teachers in all this [policy]?’ provided a starting point for the critical discourse analysis into how forms of control, teacher authority, obligation and co…
Teacher accounts of parent involvement in children's education in China
Storying un/belonging in early childhood
Children’s agency and capabilities are often overlooked in the research literature, in particular, when it comes to young children’s reflections on their transnational childhoods and migration experiences. Nestled within an intergenerational family migration story, this article reports on a study that investigated childhood identity, home and belonging. The catalyst for the study came from N.D.’s (then) 6-year-old daughter who asked ‘ Mummy, am I…
Family school partnership discourse: Inconsistencies, misrepresentation, and counter narratives
Affirmative discourse intervention: A framework for re-democratising engagement with education policy discourse
In recent times, education policy and reform discourses have become increasingly politicised by neo-liberalism, with critical policy methodologies struggling to catch up. Critical policy sociologists have noted that critical commentaries rarely succeed in changing or impacting dominant education policy pathways. This article presents a framework for critical engagement in education policy drawing on Foucauldian notions of governmentality, with th…
We are not able to speak English, so we don't know what is happening: ” Missed opportunities for families' engagement in their children's learning
Drawing from equity and plurilingual lenses, this qualitative research explores opportunities for parents from Language Backgrounds other than English (LBOTE) to engage in their children's school learning. Twenty-six Vietnamese and Burmese parents from two Australian primary (elementary) schools were interviewed. Three family engagement strategies, 1) open communication between teachers and families 2) homework/home learning 3) student conversati…
Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (3 works) · Early childhood education (3 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works)