AUT - Beverley Clark

Beverley Clark

Associate Head of School (Academic)

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 7936

Email: beverley.clark@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
AR403, School of Education, North Shore Campus

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Education
• Master of Education
• Bachelor of Education
• Bachelor of Arts
• Higher Diploma in Education (primary)
• Education diploma (pre-primary).

Memberships and Affiliations:

• Organisation Mondiale pour l'Education Prescolaire (OMEP)
• Reggio Emilia Provocations
• Registered teacher and teacher mentor. Registration number: 199212

Biography:

Committee member OMEP, Auckland Chapter.
Co-chair Research Committee
Editorial Board He Kupe Online Journal
Member  e-network for Child Forum
Early childhood teacher for 26 years.
Tertiary educator since 2000.
Currently MEd supervision, PhD supervisor and Academic equity and diversity leader for the School of Education.

Teaching Areas:

• Curriculum 2, 295128
• Curriculum 3, 296237
• Human development and learning 1, 295113
• Master of Education, Early years: extending children’s thinking. 299023
• Master of Education, Early Years: Re-conceptualising childhood. 299024

Current Research Projects:

• Equity issues: Equity is the destination. Who has the map? 
• The adult’s role in the visual arts.
• The role of private speech in young children’s learning
• Second language acquisition

Publications:

• Clark, B. (2008). Human development theories and teacher education.  
  Essential knowledge? Paper presented at Teacher Education Forum of Aoteaora New Zealand (TEFANZ) Te Rauika Totohu Kaiako o Aoteaora, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 2-4 July 2008.
• Clark, B. (2008). Tuakana-teina – keeping everyone on the waka. DVD Review.  Early Education, Vol 44 Spring/Summer 2008.
• Clark, B. (2007). Talking to myself: A window into the private speech of
  kindergarten children from diverse language backgrounds. Journal of
  Australian Research In Early Childhood Education, 14(1), 2007, 94-106
• Clark, B. (2004).  Self-talk or Private Speech in Early Childhood Education: Complexities and Challenges. Research Note.  NZRECE Journal Volume 7, 2004