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ProfessorMarianne Fenech

Professor of Early Childhood Education

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4892-5585 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Professor of Early Childhood Education
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Early childhood policy

Quality early childhood education

Early childhood workforce

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Attracting, preparing, and sustaining quality teachers in early education
    Australian Research Council (ARC)4 Mar 2024 - 3 Mar 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fenech M,
    • Gibson M,
    • Durksen TL,
    • Boyd W,
    • Garvis SS
  • GRANT
    Equity Prize: Thompson
    DVC Research1 Jan 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fenech M
  • GRANT
    Quality early childhood education through self, workplace, or regulatory support: Exploring the efficacy of professional registration for early childhood teachers in Australia
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences1 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fenech M
  • GRANT
    Listening carefully: Engaging families in early childhood education in the context of disadvantage
    Department of Education (NSW)1 Jan 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Skattebol J,
    • Fenech M
  • GRANT
    Engagement in early childhood education in the context of disadvantage
    Australian Research Council (ARC)30 Jun 2020 - 28 Feb 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fenech M
  • GRANT
    Whats best for my child Parents perspectives of childcare quality and early learning as contributors to childcare choice
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Nov 2013 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Degotardi S,
    • Fenech M,
    • Beange M,
    • Sweller N,
    • Liley K
  • GRANT
    A multi-modal investigation of current and proposed structures and processes determining and sustaining quality in Australian centre-based child care (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Australian Research Council1 Jan 2008 - 30 Jun 2011
    People funded by this grant:
    • Harrison L,
    • Press F,
    • Sumsion J,
    • Bowes J,
    • Fenech M
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