School of Education - Albury-Wodonga
Wyverne Smith
M.Ed., B.Ed., Dip.Teach(Early Childhood), Teachers' Cert
Position: Lecturer
Phone: (02) 605 19419
Fax: (02) 605 19424
Campus: Albury-Wodonga
Room: 127
Email: wysmith@csu.edu.au
Biography
Wyverne has come to Charles Sturt University from the University of Southern
Queensland (USQ), where she was a lecturer and the coordinator of the Education Faculty's "Child and Family Unit" for 5 years. In 2004, Wyverne spent six months based in Singapore, teaching the Diploma of Preschool Teaching and giving professional development to kindergarten teachers in China and Vietnam.
Before coming to USQ, Wyverne worked in a
wide variety of Early Educational positions including Director of
childcare centres and a community preschool, music specialist, and Lower
Primary teacher. Wyverne is also a "practitioner" in the Triple P
(Positive Parenting Program).
Publications
- Hard, L., Smith, W., Angel, M., & Smith, G. (2009). Developing leadership self-belief in early childhood pre-service teachers; Challenges and successes. In A. Gibbons & C. Gibbs (Eds.), Conversations on early childhood teacher education: Voices from the working forum for teacher educators (pp. 185-195). Redmond: World Forum Foundation.
- Smith, W. (2003). Learning about music. Watson: Early Childhood Australia Inc.
- Smith, W. (2008). Learning a music instrument in early childhood: What can we learn from professional musicians’ memories of childhoods? Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 33(4), 54-62