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Welcome

Louise-Phillips-2012The art of stories and storytelling are central to Louise’s worldview, through her practices as a professional storyteller, early childhood teacher, early childhood consultant and academic. Louise performs stories, plays with stories, writes stories, presents workshops on storytelling, and weaves stories and storytelling into research methodology and writings for their great capacity to cultivate deep understandings of humanity. Her doctoral study investigated possibilities of young children’s active citizenship through a practice of social justice storytelling.

Louise is an Associate Professor in Education at Southern Cross University, where she is Director of Higher Degree Research for the Faculty of Education. She has more than 30 years of experience as an early childhood educator, storyteller, consultant, researcher and tertiary educator. She is internationally known for her research and publications on storytelling, children’s rights and citizenship, arts based pedagogies and methodologies, sensation and place.

Happenings

  • Creativity at Play in Singapore & Australia panel discussion at James Cook University, Singapore
  • The Conversation article – How to encourage literacy in young children
  • The Conversation article on Giving voice to the young: survey shows people want under-18s involved in politics
  • Young Children’s Community Building in Action book is now available
  • ‘Research through, with and as storying’ is now available

Happenings Archive

  • March 2020
  • July 2019
  • February 2018
  • September 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • September 2015

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