UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Miss Karen Ann Turnock

Contact

Department: School of Teacher Education

Email: karen.turnock@canterbury.ac.nz

Office: Rehua 511

Language: English

About

Research / Creative works

Researcher Summary

My research interests include inclusion, assessment, infants and toddlers and teacher change. My Master’s thesis explored the various ways a team of early childhood teachers made sense of, and used, an assessment framework based on learning dispositions and formative assessment. This has led to opportunities to write papers and present at conferences. I'm currently involved in writing and presenting several papers that look at disability, inclusion and exclusion in early childhood education.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Education: Childhood Studies ; Assessment and Evaluation ; Curriculum Development ; Early Childhood ; Inclusive Education

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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Purdue K. and Turnock K. (2014) Developing positive identities: Disability, inclusion, exclusion, and early childhood education. Melbourne, Australia: Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 2014, 21-22 Nov 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Rarere-Briggs B. and Turnock K. (2014) An essential and engaging on-line environment for learning - Making it meaningful. Our journey. In Proceedings: 62-66. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Gordon-Burns D., Purdue K., Rarere-Briggs B., Stark R. and Turnock K. (2012) Key factors in creating inclusive early childhood settings for children with disabilities and their families. In Gordon-Burns D; Gunn AC; Purdue K; Surtees N (Ed.), Te Aotūroa Tātaki: Inclusive early childhood education: Perspectives on inclusion, social justice and equity from Aotearoa New Zealand: 155-173. Wellington: NZCER Press. (Chapters)

Rarere-Briggs B., Gordon-Burns D., Purdue K., Stark R. and Turnock K. (2012) Do I accommodate his developmental age or do I want him to be with his peers?' (In)exclusionary discourses used in early childhood settings and their implications for teacher education. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood 10(1): 37-59. (Journal Articles)

Purdue K., Gordon-Burns D., Rarere-Briggs B., Stark R. and Turnock K. (2011) The Exclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Education in New Zealand: Issues and Implications for Inclusion. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 36(2): 95-103. (Journal Articles)

Stark R., Gordon-Burns D., Purdue K., Rarere-Briggs B. and Turnock K. (2011) Other parents' perceptions of disability and inclusion in early childhood education: Implications for the teachers' role in creating inclusive communities. He Kupu 2(4): 4-18. (Journal Articles)

Turnock K., Gordon-Burns D., Purdue K., Rarere-Briggs B. and Stark R. (2011) "I'm scared of that baby": How adults and environments contribute to children's positive or negative understandings and experiences of disability in early childhood. New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education (14): 23-37. (Journal Articles)

Gordon-Burns D., Purdue K., Rarere-Briggs B., Stark R. and Turnock K. (2010) Quality inclusive early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Implications of a sociocultural curriculum. Christchurch, New Zealand: 12th Annual New Zealand Early Childhood Research Symposium, 6-6 May 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Gordon-Burns D., Purdue K., Rarere-Briggs B., Stark R. and Turnock K. (2010) Quality inclusive early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Learning from research. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood 8(1): 53-68. (Journal Articles)

Purdue K., Gordon-Burns D., Rarere-Briggs B., Stark R. and Turnock K. (2010) "Do I accommodate his developmental age or do I want him to be with his peers?" Disability discourses and theories of child development used in early childhood settings: Implications for the teaching and inclusion of children with disabilities. Melbourne, Australia: Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 10, 18-20 Nov 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Purdue K., Gordon-Burns D., Rarere-Briggs B., Stark R. and Turnock K. (2010) Quality early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Implications of a sociocultural curriculum. Christchurch, New Zealand: Early Childhood Council Annual Conference, 7-9 May 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Turnock K. (2009) It's a shift in thinking, a shift in practice: Moving to a new assessment framework in early childhood education. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury. (Theses / Dissertations)

Turnock K. (2009) Undertaking ethnographic research in an early childhood setting. Rotorua, New Zealand: NZARE Conference & Annual Meeting, 30 Nov-4 Dec 2009. (Conference Contributions - Other)