Professor Andrea Nolan
Andrea is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Deakin University. She has had extensive experience teaching in early childhood settings as well as in primary schools, TAFE and the university sector. Andrea has conducted research at the state, national and international level. Her research interests include Early Childhood Education and Care workforce capabilities with a particular interest in the professional learning of educators. She is currently working in partnership with Gowrie Victoria on social and emotional learning.
Bridie Raban
Bridie Raban was the Foundation Mooroolbeek Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is currently an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and in 2021, she was awarded an Honorary University Fellowship by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). Her past research has focused on language and literacy development, teacher change and development, curriculum and assessment for the early childhood years and quality provision. She was the first Professor of Early Childhood Education in Victoria and the second in Australia, and before this she was Professor of Primary Education (Early Years) at the University of Warwick and President of the UK Reading Association.
