Meet the 2025 AJEC Research Symposium Keynote speaker! 

International keynote speaker

Professor E. Jayne White

Jayne brings philosophy, pedagogy and methodology together to explore new ways of seeing and talking about ‘becomings’ in the early years. She views this as a dialogic process necessary for all who work with young children—actively seeking to challenge research methods that limit the potential for children to be seen as competent learners, on their own terms. To this end, Jayne poses ‘what if’ modalities to potentiate (un)imaginable futures in the (un)foreseeable landscapes of today and tomorrow. Building on her earlier experiences as an ECEC teacher followed by many years as a teacher–educator, Jayne has sought to advance visual modes of seeing as an entry point for educators to critically reflect on what they bring into view in the name of learning. She is the author of over one hundred books, articles and translated resources, and she continues to advance research that invites us to see anew. As PESA and AVP Fellow, OMEP Aotearoa life member, co-founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Video Journal of Education & Pedagogy, and now Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Early Childhood, Jayne foregrounds research and practice that make a real difference for young learners all over the world, in whatever spaces they occupy. She is excited to share some of her most recent research discoveries with the ECA community at conference this year and anticipates many rich and productive dialogues with attendees as a consequence of seeing together.