School of Teacher Education
Fran Press
Senior Lecturer
MA Int. Disc. (Women's Studies) UNSW
Fran Press
Charles Sturt University Faculty of Education
Bathurst, NSW, Australia
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Ms Press commenced her appointment with the School of Teacher Education on the 7th February, 2005. Ms Press is currently enrolled in a PhD by publication with the Sociology Department at Macquarie University and works in the area of critical analysis of early childhood policy and the sociology of early childhood. This area of research is pivotal to our understanding of early childhood education and the rights of children. This work has significant impact for parents, the community and Government.
Ms Press is currently the Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching /Bachelor of Nursing (Birth to Five).
Research
- Early Childhood Education and Care Policy
Teaching
- EEB103 History & Phil of Education
- EEB305 Rights of Children
- EEB400 Issues in Care & Eucation
- EEB423 L'ship & Management
- EPT425 Internship: EC Teaching(Bth-5)/Nursing
Publications
- Press, F. (2007) Public investment, fragmentation and quality early education and care: Existing challenges and future options. In E. Hill and B. Pocock asnd A. Elliott (eds) (2007) Kids Count: Better Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia, Sydney University Press.
- Press, F & Skattebol, J (2007) Early Childhood Activism, Minor Politics and Resuscitating Vision: a tentative foray into the use of ‘intersections’ to influence early childhood policy. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Volume 8, No. 3, 2007 http://www.wwwords.co.uk/CIEC/content/pdfs/8/issue8_3.asp
- Sumsion, J & Press, F. (2007). Policy and priorities from the ground up Investigating quality in early childhood education and care. Bedrock.
- Press, F. (2007) Young children deserve better. Invited commentary, Directions in education. 16, 8. Australian Council for Educational Leaders.
- Woodrow, C., Press, C. (2007) (Re)Positioning the Child in the Policy/Politics of Early Childhood Educational Philosophy and Theory 39 (3), 312–325.
- Press, F. (2006). Policy Brief 2. Quality in Children’s Services. [Available Online]: http://www.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ccch/PB2_Qual_childsrv.pdf
Press, F. (2006). What about the kids? Policy directions for improving the experiences of infants
and young people in a changing world. - Press, F. & Woodrow, C. (2005). Commodification, corporatisation and children’s spaces. Australian Journal of Education, Vol.49, No.3, 2005, 278-291.
- Press,F. (2005). The optimum environment for children to grow and learn in home-based care. A literature review and recommendations for the National Family Day Care Council of Australia.
- Press, F. (2003). The costs and benefits of proposed changes to the NSW Children’s Services Regulation in relation to staff–to–child ratios and group size. Department of Community Services NSW.
- Rice, A and Press, F (2003). Early Childhood Education in NSW: A Comparative Report. A report on early childhood education for the NSW Department of Education and Training.
- Press, F., Rice, A. and Hayes, A. (2002). Adding value to preschool education in the ACT. A report on preschool education in the ACT for the Inquiry into ACT Education Funding.
- Press, F. (November 2002) ReviewingEarly Childhood Education and Care in Australia: Implications for Policy and Practice. Early Childhood Systems National Meeting Papers, Centre for Community Child Health, Melbourne.
- Press, F. and Hayes, A. (2000). OECD Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care Policy: Australian Background Report.Canberra
Conferences
- Public Investment, fragmentation and quality early childhood education and care: Existing challenges and future options. Invited Speaker. Academy of Social Sciences in Australia - Child Care Roundtable, July 2006. Workshop Proceedings available -
- Australian Social Policy Conference (Sydney, July 2007) What do we want for children? Considerations for the development of comprehensive and complementary policy for the early years.
- Social Justice in Early Childhood Conference. (Sydney, March 24, 2007)Early childhood activism and minor and major politics: Some tentative thoughts on the use of ‘intersections’ to influence early childhood policy. Invited Speaker.
- ACOSS Annual Congress. (Sydney, November 24 & 25, 2006) Early childhood education and care – the foundations of opportunity and lifelong learning. What do we need to close the gap between research and reality? Invited Panel Speaker.
- Early Intervention NSW State Conference. (October 26 &27, 2006). Early Intervention and Prevention (EIP) in children’s services: change, challenge and opportunity. ECIA NSW Chapter State Conference.
- Corporatisation of Child Care. Incursions on children’s citizenship in the age of the consumer. Children and Youth Citizenship and Participation Conference, Sheffield. July 2006.
- Invited analyst for the National Child Care Accreditation Council’s Draft Child Care Accreditation Standards Document.
- Child Care: Whose Responsibility? Sydney Conversations, Smith Family Forum, Sydney, August 9, 2006.
- Corporatisation, privatization and children’s services. Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, August, 2005. (with Chris Woodrow)
- Corporatisation, social justice and children’s rights. Incursions on children’s citizenship in the age of the consumer. (with Chris Woodrow). Honouring the Child, Honouring Equity 5.: Reconsidering Rights and Relationships. Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early childhood (CEIEC) Melbourne 17 – 20th November 2005.
- Trends and Issues in Early Childhood Policy. Northern Territory Early Childhood Conference, Alice Springs, October 2004.