Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences

	Dr Reesa Sorin ECE Online Uni Address: A4.138, Cairns Campus Postal Address: School of Education, James Cook University, P.O. Box 6811, Cairns, QLD 4870 Phone: (07) 4042 1116 Fax: (07) 4042 1312 Email: Reesa.Sorin@jcu.edu.au
PhD, MA Hons, MEd, Grad Cert Ed, BFA, BA

Interests

Emotional Literacy in Early Childhood
Conceptualisations of Childhood
Student Mobility
Preservice Teacher Education
Online Learning Communities

Reesa Sorin's PhD thesis, Responding to the Fears of Early Childhood - An investigation of perception and practice in emotion education, focused on fear and other emotions experienced by young children; how they are expressed; and ways that early childhood educators respond to and facilitate understanding of emotions. She has since researched emotion pedagogy cross-culturally in Australia and Canada. In 2005, along with a colleague from the School of Social Work, she developed as template of ten constructs of childhood, which she is currently utilising to examine perceptions of childhood, as well as policies and practices related to early childhood education.

Reesa is Coordinator of Early Childhood Education and Coordinator of Arts Education at the Cairns Campus.

Currently Teaching

• ED2590 - Early Childhood Development Studies
• ED3093 - Inquiries into Early Childhood Learning and Teaching
• ED3094 - ARTS Education for Early Childhood
• ED3193 - Inquiries into Primary Teaching
• ED3194 - ARTS Education for Primary School
• ED3293 - Inquiries into Secondary Learning and Teaching
• ED3590 - Early Childhood Care and Educational Services
• ED5224 - Curriculum 2

Selected Publications

Sorin, R. (2007). Childhood Through the Eyes of the Child and Parent. Australian Research in Early Childhood Education Journal. 14,1, 1 ­ 18.

Sorin, R. (2006). Non-situated learningg and the arts in the early years of school. etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, Vol 5, http://www.jcu.edu.au/etropic

Sorin, R. and Iloste, R. (2006). Moving schools ­ antecedents, impact on students and interventions. Australian Journal of Education. 50, 3, 227 ­ 241.

Sorin, R. (2006). Practiice what you preach ­ negotiated curriculum in early childhood teacher education. Australian Teacher Educators Association 2006 Conference Proceedings. Available online at http://www.atea.edu.au/ConfPapers/2006/contents.html and on CD ISBN09775568504.

Sorin, R. and Galloway, G. (2006). Constructs of Childhood: Constructs of Self.Children Australia. 31, 2. 12 ­ 21.

Sorin, R. (2005). Changing images of childhood - reconceptualizing early childhood practice. International Journal of Transitions in Childhood journal. Vol. 1, 12 - 21.
http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/LED/tec/

Sorin, R. (2005). Images of childhood: perception and practice in early childhood education. Canadian Children - Journal of the Canadian Association of Young Children. 30, 2, 4-8.

Sorin, R. (2005). A comparative study of early childhood fear and caregivers' responses to fear in Australia and Canada. Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 30.4, 34 – 42.

Sorin, R. (2005). What if a giant sea snake swam past you? Non-situated learning and the arts. Imaginative Education Research Group 2005 Conference Proceedings.
http://www3.educ.sfu.ca/conferences/ierg2005/viewabstract.php?id=166

Sorin, R. (2005). Emotional Literacy and the Young Child. Junior Horizons - Journal of excellence in early childhood education. Vol. 8, No. 6, p. 3.

Sorin, R. (2005). Who's afraid of the fire alarm or of going to preschool? A comparative study of early childhood fears and caregivers' responses to fear in Australia and in Canada. Australian Association for Research in Education 2004 Conference Proceedings. http://www.aare.edu.au/indexx.htm SORO4018.

Sorin, R. (2005). Webfolio - Using electronic portfolios in preservice teacher education. Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 30, 1, 27 - 36.

Sorin, R. and Iloste, R. (2005). The effects of mobility on learners and schools. Principal Matters - Journal for Secondary School Leaders in Australia and New Zealand. No. 65, 12-15.

Sorin, R. and Iloste, R. (2005). The effects of mobility on Students, Families and Schools. Practically Primary. Vol. 10, No. 3, 42 - 44.

Sorin, R. and Iloste, R. (2005). The effects of mobility on learners and schools. Prime Focus. No 43, 21 - 24.

Sorin, R. and Iloste, R. (2005). The Effects of Student Mobility on Learning and Teaching. National Quality Schooling Framework website.
http://www.nqsf.edu.au/search/resource.php/999/mobility

Sorin, R. (2004). The Language of Feelings - words and pictures and...? International Conference on Imagination and Education conference proceedings.
http://www.ierg.net/confs/2004/themeC.html

Sorin, R. (2004). A comparative study of children’s fears and fear displays in Canada and Australia: What are they afraid of and how do they show it? Canadian Children - Journal of the Canadian Association of Young Children. 29(2), 14 – 19.

Sorin, R. (2004). Understanding Children’s Feelings: Emotional literacy in early childhood. Research in Practice Series. Canberra: Early Childhood Australia.

Sorin, R. and Iloste, R. (2004). Changing schools – Another kind of transition. In Whitton, D., Perry, B and Dockett, S. (eds). Continuity and Change: Educational Transitions International 2003 Conference Proceedings (on CD Rom). Sydney: University of Western Sydney.

Sorin, R. (2004). Webfolio - An online learning community to help link university studies and classroom practice in preservice teacher education. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 20(1), 101 – 113.

Sorin, R. (2004). Webfolio - Using electronic portfolios in preservice teacher education. Association for Research in Education 2003 Conference Proceedings. http://www.aare.edu.au/03pap/soro3065

Sorin, R. and Iloste, R. (2004). Student mobility - reasons, consequences and interventions. Association for Research in Education 2003 Conference Proceedings. http://www.aare.edu.au/03pap/soro3064

Sorin, R. (2003). Validating young children’s feelings and experiences of fear. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 4 (1). www.triangle.co.uk/CIEC

Sorin, R. (2003). Imaginate This! Blurring the boundaries in preservice teacher education. International Conference on Imaginative Education 2003 Conference Proceedings. http://www.ierg.net/put_conf2003.html

Sorin, R. (2003). Research with young children- a rich glimpse into the world of childhood. Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 28(1), 31 – 35.

Sorin, R. (2003). Reconceptualising fear in young children. Australian Research in Early Childhood Education. 10(1), 121 – 134.

Sorin, R. (2002). Promoting Emotional Health and Wellbeing through Partnerships - a parent/ teacher/ community collaboration. Australian Association for Research in Education 2003 Conference Proceedings. http://www.aare.edu.au/02pap/sor02663.htm

Sorin, R. and Klein, M. (2002). Walking the Walk and Talking theTalk - adequate teacher preparation in these uncertain times? Australian Association for Research in Education 2002 Conference Proceedings. http://www.aare.edu.au/02pap/sor02045.htm

Sorin, R. (2002). Responding to children's fears: a partnership approach. Canadian Children - Journal of the Canadian Association of Young Children. 27(1), 30 - 33.

Sorin, R. (2002). Bridging the gap - the impact of a preservice teachers' network on the developing early childhood teacher. Challenging Futures Conference Proceedings. http://scs.une.edu.au/CF/Papers/Sorin.htm

Sorin, R. (2001). Teaching Emotions. Canadian Children - Journal of the Canadian Association of Young Children. 26(2), 11 - 17.

Sorin, R. (2000). Investigating Practice in Responding to Fear in Early Childhood Contexts. Australian Association for Research in Education Conference Proceedings. http://www.aare.edu.au/00pap/sor00251.htm

Sorin, R. (1998) Facilitating Emotional Literacy in the Early Childhood Classroom. Every Child. 4(3), 4 - 5.

Qualifications

PhD [Wollongong], MA Hons [Wollongong], MEd [Manitoba], Grad. Cert Ed [Toronto], BFA [Manitoba], BA [Winnipeg]