Observe, Reflect, Improve Children’s Learning (ORICL)
ORICL is a unique new tool, co-designed with practitioners and providers of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, to support infant-toddler educators’ planning and practice.
A PhD scholarship opportunity is available for a suitably qualified early childhood education graduate.
Key details
Reference number
20246012
For course
PhD
Key dates
Applications close on 31 October 2024 at 11pm
Student type
Domestic
Area of study
Education
Stipend value
(Direct payment)
$35,000 p.a. (2024 rate)
Join the ORICL ARC Linkage project research team.
The ARC project is a collaboration with 11 ECEC partner organisations to investigate the potential of the ORICL tool to:
- document individual children’s experiences within family day care (home-based) and long day care (centre-based) ECEC services
- enhance educator knowledge and practice
- support the provision of quality pedagogy and practice for children from birth to two years.
This three-year study combines quantitative and qualitative methods to:
- track children’s experiences in their ECEC settings
- gather feedback from educators on their use of ORICL
- assess change in the quality of educators’ practices through analysis of their pedagogical documentation.
The successful candidate will develop a doctoral research topic in consultation with:
- the Principal Chief Investigator (Professor Linda Harrison) and
- one of the Chief Investigators (Professor Sheila Degotardi, Professor Rebecca Bull, Professor Sandie Wong or Dr Belinda Davis).
Availability
The scholarship is available to candidates eligible to undertake a direct entry three-year PhD program.
Components
The scholarship comprises:
- a tuition fee offset
- a living allowance stipend.
The value of the stipend scholarship is $35,000 per annum (full-time, indexed) for three years.