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The University of Western Australia (M428), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Dr Fiona Mayne is an early career researcher whose work on young children’s rights, voice and agency in research has gained the attention of academics and practitioners. Fiona has a developing international profile, and has considerable expertise in qualitative participatory measures and methodologies for meaningful research with children. Her body of work to date has made a significant contribution to empirical, theoretical, and methodological knowledge in early years research ethics, children’s rights-based participatory research, and technology education. She teaches into technology education (primary), and child and adolescent development and pedagogy (primary/secondary) at the UWA Graduate School of Education.
Fiona has an authored book entitled, The Narrative Approach to Informed Consent: Empowering Young Children’s Rights and Meaningful Participation. This new book will be significant as it will support the integration of child rights and ethics as a living process, advocating for the transformation of the participatory experience of young children in research. Her current research interests include enhancing the quality of children’s research participation, empowering children to have their voices heard, and the relationship between child agency and development of leadership skills.
Fiona is the co-creator, with Dr Gemma Scarparolo, of the Children's VOICE initiative, a partnership between UWA and UNICEF Australia.
'The Narrative Approach to Informed Consent' addresses the rights of young children to be properly researched and creates a unique conceptual ethical space within which meaningful informed consent can occur.
GradCertTerTeach PhD (Education) |
The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia |
2018 2016 |
BA(Hons) (Education) |
Curtin University |
2006 |
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Lecturer |
University of Western Australia |
2016–onwards |
PhD Candidate |
University of Western Australia |
2011–2016 |
Lecturer |
Curtin University |
2010–2011 |
Teacher |
Early years/primary level |
2007–2010 |
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2021 |
Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER) Early Career Award – a competitive award to recognize excellence early in an academic/research career |
2019 |
ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship ECR Mentoring Scheme University of Melbourne 5 days residential (February) |
2018 |
FABLE Emerging Research Leader Scheme (ERLI) |
2018 |
Early Childhood Australia (ECA) Doctoral Thesis Award Highly Commended |
2018 |
UWA Student Guild Choice Teaching Award (Semester 1) |
2017 |
EECERA Student Research Award (European Early Childhood Education Research Journal – EECERJ). Awarded to the student whose doctoral thesis exhibits the highest standard of scholarship and practitioner research originality |
2017 |
UWA Centre for Education Futures Scholarship $10,000 – Using mixed-reality simulation technology to enhance classroom readiness of pre-service teachers: TeachLivE as the virtual classroom |
2017 |
The Cameron Prize in Education (Graduate School of Education, UWA): Awarded to the student whose Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis is the best piece of research submitted for a PhD in a designated 12-month period |
2016 |
Dr Teck Jin Lian Memorial Prize in Education (Graduate School of Education, UWA): Awarded to the student who demonstrated the best track record of research achievements over the period of their candidature |
2011-2014 |
Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship |
2003-2004 |
Curtin Vice-Chancellor's List Honors in 4 semesters – 2002 Sem2, 2003 Sem1 & Sem2 and 2004 Sem1 (Membership of Curtin University’s Vice-Chancellor's List is granted to the top 1 per cent of undergraduates across the university in all disciplines)
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Full time Teaching Research (January 2018- ) UWA Graduate School of Education
Sessional Units UWA Graduate School of Education (2016-2017)
Postgraduate studies
PhD, Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia (2011-2015), Enhancing young children’s meaningful participation in research ethics processes through an interactive narrative approach (ARC Linkage Grant (LP110200756) to Christine Howitt and Léonie J. Rennie, in partnership with Scitech and Rio Tinto Future Fund)
Curtin University/Online Universities Australia (OUA) Unit Coordinator and Sessional Tutor, School of Education (ECE), (2010-11)
Classroom Teacher, Primary Science Specialist and ECE/Primary Art Specialist, Carey Baptist College (2007-11)
Research Assistant, Science and Maths Education Centre, Curtin University (2005-06)
Technology Education (Early Childhood and Primary)
Educational Psychology (Early Childhood and Primary)
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article › peer-review
Mayne, F. & Houghton, S.
1/01/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
Mayne, Fiona (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Award
Gemma Scarparolo (Participant) & Fiona Mayne (Participant)
Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference
Fiona Mayne (Consultant) & Gemma Scarparolo (Consultant)
Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Consultancy/collaboration
Fiona Mayne (Chair), Katrin Velten (Chair), Cathy Kaplun (Member), Birgit Hupping (Member) & Petra Buker (Member)
Activity: Memberships › Membership of network
Gemma Scarparolo (Organiser) & Fiona Mayne (Organiser)
Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference
Gemma Scarparolo & Fiona Mayne
18/11/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Gemma Scarparolo & Fiona Mayne
16/11/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media