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Una Qualitative Methods Learning Group meets at the University of Melbourne, Australia
The Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, hosted the first meeting of the Una Qualitative Methods Learning Group on 20th February 2009. Professor Field Rickards, Dean of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, welcomed the Learning Group to the University of Melbourne. Professor Rickards emphasized that the Una initiative was an important example of international research collaboration, building new knowledge through engagement between researchers, practitioners and policy makers and embedding research into the development of teaching and learning programs at the University. It exemplified the inter-relationship between research, teaching and knowledge transfer that was highly valued at the University of Melbourne.
The international Learning Group spent the two days of their meeting shaping their program of work over the next two years. They will begin their work by undertaking an extensive literature review of international literature on how young children experience ‘race’ and ethnicity and the effects of respect for diversity early childhood programs on young children. Part of this work will involve developing a digest of qualitative methods for researching young children’s understandings and experiences in early childhood programs that promote respect for diversity.
The Learning Group was also joined by other members of Una – Professor Paul Connolly (Queens University Belfast – Co-Director, Una), Professor France Aboud (McGill University, Toronto – Co-Chair of the Una Quantitative Evaluation Learning Group), Professor Jacqueline Hayden (Macquarie University, Sydney – Co-Chair of the Una Social Change Learning Group) and Dr. Karina Davis (CEIEC, University of Melbourne and member of the Una Program Development Learning Group). The next face-to-face meeting of the Learning Group will be in Chaing Mai, Thailand in August 2009.
Prior to the Learning Group meeting Professor Paul Connolly and Professor Frances Aboud presented a public seminar on their work. This was sponsored by a University of Melbourne International Research Planning Workshop Award.