Claire McLachlan

New Zealand teaching academic

Emergent literacy in New Zealand kindergartens : an examination of policy and practices (1996)

Claire Jane McLachlan (sometimes McLachlan-Smith) is a New Zealand teaching academic. She is currently professor and dean at Federation University Australia. Her speciality is early-childhood literacy.^[1]

Career

McLachlan did a M.A (Hons, 1st class) by thesis at Massey entitled 'Experience as a mother of a "crying baby": a single collaborative case study' completed in 1991,^[2] and then a PhD 'Emergent literacy in New Zealand kindergartens : an examination of policy and practices' in 1996.^[3] Between 2000 and 2006 she worked in Auckland at the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology before returning to Massey University,^[4] where she rose to full professor in 2013. She then moved to Waikato University as professor and head of school.^[5] She is currently professor and dean of the school of education at Federation University Australia. ^[6]

Selected works

Makin, Laurie, Criss Jones-Diaz, and Claire McLachlan, eds. Literacies in childhood: Changing views, challenging practice. Elsevier Australia, 2007.
McLachlan, Claire, Marilyn Fleer, and Susan Edwards. Early childhood curriculum: Planning, assessment, and implementation. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
McLachlan, Claire, Lucila Carvalho, Nicky de Lautour, and Koshila Kumar. "Literacy in early childhood settings in New Zealand: An examination of teachers' beliefs and practices." Australian Journal of Early Childhood 31, no. 2 (2006): 31–42.
McLachlan, Claire. "An analysis of New Zealand's changing history, policies and approaches to early childhood education." Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 36, no. 3 (2011): 36.

References

^ "Professional & Organisational Development Unit". Waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
^ McLachlan-Smith, Claire (1991). Experience as a mother of a "crying baby" : a single collaborative case study : a thesis submitted to the Education Department, Massey University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Thesis). Mro.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
^ McLachlan-Smith, Claire Jane; McLachlan-Smith, Claire Jane (1996). Emergent literacy in New Zealand kindergartens : an examination of policy and practices : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Massey University (Thesis). Mro.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
^ "Literacy learning from early childhood to primary - Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
^ Claire McLachlan, LinkedIn
^ [1], Federation University Australia Profile