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Personal profile
Biography
I was the National Australia Bank, Yachad Scholar 2004 and am using the outcomes of a study tour in Israel as a cross cultural study dimension to explore the impacts of trauma for young children on their emerging social competence as part of my PhD study.
Currently a lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Monash University where she has taken a number of leadership roles including Early Childhood Course Leader for 5 years. I have worked in a range of different childrens service types including long day care, sessional kindergarten and family support programmes as well as 5 years as President of the Kindergarten Teachers Association of Victoria, representing the needs of early childhood educators. I stood down as Victorian Branch President of Early Childhood Australia in 2009 and was a member of the ECA, Victorian Branch Qualifications Approval committee for Early Childhood professionals until 2011.
I have a range of research interests including the professionalism of the Early Childhood field and pedagogical and curriculum approaches. I have also participated in two summer schools in Moscow, Russia exploring the application of Vygotskys theories of development to teaching practices. My particular research interests are in the area of childrens social competence and the role of emotions. Within this context she has explored looking at the role that Early Childhood professionals can play in supporting children who have experienced trauma.
I was the National Australia Bank, Yachad Scholar 2004 and am using the outcomes of a study tour in Israel as a cross cultural study dimension to explore the impacts of trauma for young children on their emerging social competence as part of my PhD study.
Research interests
- Social and Emotional Development of young children
- The impacts of trauma, child abuse and neglect
- Teachers' legal responsibilities.
- The emergence of social competence in young children
Supervision interests
Teaching Resilience for Children
Monash teaching commitment
- EDF5411
- EDF1305
- EDF4323
- EDF4324
- EDF4326
- EDF3324
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Teaching Resilience for Children
- Social development
- Emotional development
- Young children
- Impacts of trauma, child abuse and neglect
- Teachers legal responsibilities
- Social competence in young children
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Team Teaching Professional Learning program
Suryani, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Li, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hammer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Babaeff, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Disney, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Fleer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
13/06/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Shaping our Future - National Children's Education and Care Workforce Strategy 2022-2031. Focus Area 4.3: Initiate and promote research monitoring the wellbeing of educators and teachers - Phase 1 Literature Review and survey design
Allen, K.-A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Berger, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McLean, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Longmuir, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hammer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Li, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reupert, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fleer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Suryani, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Quiñones, G. (Chief Investigator (CI))
21/08/23 → 28/07/24
Project: Research
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A MEASURE OF BELONGING: For children 3-8 years- Wellbeing for learning and development
Allen, K.-A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), McLean, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Berger, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hammer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fleer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Leif, E. (Chief Investigator (CI))
16/08/23 → 15/12/23
Project: Research
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Be You Pre-service Educator Capacity Building and Wellbeing Project
Reupert, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Berger, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gavin, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hammer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Patrick, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cooper, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Marangio, K. (Chief Investigator (CI))
8/05/23 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Respectful Relationships Professional Learning for Early Childhood Educators
Hammer, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Duhn, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Laletas, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Li, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Quiñones, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Babaeff, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hansen, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Armstrong, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pfitzner, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Lewis, R. (Chief Investigator (CI))
22/02/21 → 30/06/23
Project: Consultancy
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Belonging in their words: exploring early childhood perspectives using the draw, write, tell method
Allen, K.-A., Berger, E., McLean, L., Leif, E., Warton, W., Tuck, D., Hammer, M. & Fleer, M., 16 Feb 2025, In: Australian Journal of Psychology. 77, 1, 13 p., 2463949.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Dialectic special pedagogy in early childhood: new ways of addressing secondary disability and inclusion in mainstream settings
Johora, F. T., Fleer, M. & Hammer, M., 2025, Dialectic Special Pedagogy: Supporting the Transitions of People with Disabilities and Atypical Development. Bøttcher, L. & Mathiassen, C. (eds.). 1st ed. London UK: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 61-78 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Children’s classroom experiences in building peer relationships
Neri Tejada, J., Li, L. & Hammer, M., 2024, In: Early Childhood Education Journal. 52, p. 991-1000 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Initiatives for promoting educator wellbeing: a Delphi study
Patrick, P., Reupert, A., Berger, E., Morris, Z., Diamond, Z., Hammer, M., Hine, R. & Fathers , C., 22 Apr 2024, In: BMC Psychology. 12, 220, 13 p., 220.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A cultural-historical study of emotions in play: catharsis and perezhivanie in an institutional care setting
Meng, X., Fleer, M., Li, L. & Hammer, M., 2023, In: Mind, Culture, and Activity. 30, 1, p. 57-71 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Inter-Faculty Transformation Seeding Grant
Li, L. (Recipient), Yu, M.-L. (Recipient) & Hammer, M. D. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Educator Care: Moving Beyond Self Care/ Seminar During World Mental Health Week and World Teachers' Day
Reupert, A. (Contributor), Morris, Z. (Contributor), Berger, E. (Contributor), Diamond, Z. (Contributor), Hine, R. (Contributor), Hammer, M. (Contributor) & Fathers, C. (Contributor)
5 Oct 2021Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar