Murray School of Education
Dr Louise Hard
Is currently on 6 Special Studies Program (SSP) until the 18th December 2009
DipT (EC), IECD, BEd S.Aust C.A.E., MEd (QUT), Ed D (QUT)
Head of Murray School of Education
Position: Associate Professor
Phone: (02) 605 19412
Fax: (02) 605 19424
Campus: Thurgoona
Room: 102
Email: lhard@csu.edu.au
Website: http://athene.riv.csu.edu.au/~lhard/
Biography
Louise Hard is the Head of the Murray School of Education at Charles Sturt University. In this role she manages the School and also teaches in both internal and distance education subjects in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) and the Bachelor of Teaching (Birth to Five Years). She specialises in early childhood leadership, wellness and wellbeing and administration. Her current research interests include leadership and management in ECEC and cross cultural leadership challenges and similarities.
Research
- Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care
- Current Research
- Leadership in ECEC services
Teaching
- Wellness and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Contexts
- Early Childhood Leadership and Management
Membership
- Society for the study of Symbolic Interaction
- American Educational Research Association
- Early Childhood Australia (ECA)
Publications
- Hard, L. (2006). Horizontal violence in early childhood education and care: Implications for leadership enactment. Australian Journal of Early Childhood. Vol.31 No.3
- In press, Hard, L., & O’Gorman, L (in press). Push Me or Pull You? An opportunity for early childhood leadership in the implementation of Queensland ’s Early Years Curriculum. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education.
- Hard, L (2005): Would the leaders in Early Childhood Education and Care please step forward? Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education. Vol. 12, (1)
- Knipe, S., Rafferty, J., & Hard, L. (2004). Perceptions of reality: Meeting the challenges of establishing a new teaching degree. ATEA July
- Rafferty, J & Hard, L. (2004). Reality Bites: Tensions and challenges in redefining transitional education. Refereed publication from Continuity and Change: Educational Transitions International Conference, Sydney. November.
- Hard, L, Tayler, C. & Danby, S (2004). Leadership in early childhood education and care: It’s not about being the boss. In Performing Research:Theories, Methods and Practice. Ed, E, McWilliam, S, Danby & J, Knight. Post Pressed: Flaxton, Qld. Pp:397-408.
- Hard, L. (2004). How is leadership understood in early childhood education and care? vol. 11, (1). Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education.
- Hard, L. (2008). Understanding leadership enactment in early childhood education and care. Saarbrücken: VDM.
- Hard, L., Smith, W., Angel, M. & Smith, G. (2009). Developing Leadership Self Belief in Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers: Challenges and Successes.
- Hard, L., & O’Gorman, L. (2007). Push Me or Pull You? An opportunity for early childhood leadership in the implementation of Queensland’s Early Years Curriculum. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education Vol.8, No 1