ProfessorE. Jayne White
Professor
School of Social and Cultural Studies
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- ProfessorSchool of Social and Cultural Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor White's early years research is underpinned by dialogic methodologies and visual methods for engaging with children's learning dialogues and advancing pedaogical innovation for ECE teachers - across diverse domains, modalities and in explicit response to SDG goals 3, 4. 6, 10, 13 & 14.
- Visual/visiblising philosophy, ethics and method(ology)
- Dialogic Pedagogy, philosophy and methodology
- Critical and creative visual and (proto/post) digital literacies for seeing learners
- Sustainable futures concerning waterscapes and young children as 'kaitiakitanga' (stewards)
- Infant and toddler reconceptualisations, relational pedagogies and grammars
- International perspectives and comparative studies on ECE curriculum, pedagogy
GRANTS
- GRANTDigital leadership in early childhood education: A New Zealand-China cross-national investigationNew Zealand Education6 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2027
- GRANTWalking with water: Empowering intergenerational responses to climate changeUNESCO22 Feb 2024 - 28 Nov 2025