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Sally Peters

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Sally Peters
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Waikato
Thesis
Doctoral advisorJennifer Young-Loveridge, Monica Anne Payne
Academic work
InstitutionsLa Trobe University, University of Waikato

Sally Peters is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Waikato, specialising in the transition from early childhood education to school, children's learning and development, and transitions at other life stages.

Academic career

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Peters first completed a Diploma of Education at the University of Waikato, starting in 1987.[1] She followed this with a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Education, and then completed a PhD titled "Crossing the border": An interpretive study of children making the transition to school at Waikato.[2] Peters then joined the faculty of Victoria University of Wellington, in the Institute of Early Childhood Studies.[1] Peters returned to the University of Waikato in 2000, and was appointed full professor in 2023.[3] As of 2024 she is Head of Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education Operations.[4]

Peters research focuses on children’s learning and development, and in particular transitions. She began researching transitions from early childhood education to school, but moved on to include transitions at other life stages, and other kinds of transitions, such as transitions in thinking. She also researches edges and liminal spaces in a variety of contexts, such as cultural borders.[3][4][5] Peters and Vanessa Paki co-led the New Zealand parts of a five-country international project, which was funded from the International Research Staff Exchange Scheme, and was called Pedagogies of Educational Transition [POET].[6]

Peters was involved in the 2017 refresh of the early childhood education curriculum Te Whāriki, and is on the Ministry of Education’s Curriculum Voices Group, which advises on the implementation of the refreshed curriculum.[4]

Peters is the anthology editor for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Early Childhood Transitions Research, along with Aline-Wendy Dunlop of the University of Strathclyde and Sharon Lynn Kagan, of Columbia University.[7]

Selected works

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Books and reports

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Journal articles

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References

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  1. ^ a b University of Waikato (25 September 2023), About Professor Sally Peters, retrieved 18 February 2024 – via YouTube
  2. ^ Peters, Sally (2004). "Crossing the border" : An interpretive study of children making the transition to school (PhD thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/13262.
  3. ^ a b [email protected] (1 February 2023). "Algae to economics: academic promotions announced". www.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b c University of Waikato. "Academic profile: Professor Sally Peters". profiles.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. ^ Howley-Rouse, Amanda (28 April 2021). "Key insights on transitions from Sally Peters and Hazel Woodhouse". THE EDUCATION HUB. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  6. ^ University of Waikato. "Professor Sally Peters: grants". profiles.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  7. ^ bloomsbury.com. "The Bloomsbury Handbook of Early Childhood Transitions Research". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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