Ms Catherine Holmes

Position: Research Scholar
School and/or Centres: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Email: Catherine.Holmes@anu.edu.au

Phone: 02 6125 0073

Location: Room 2139 Copland Building

Qualification:

Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), The University of Notre Dame, Fremantle. Certificate IV Training and Assessment. Diploma in Montessori Primary Education, Association Montessori Internationale, Perugia, Italy. Master of Education by Dissertation, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle.

Website: http://caepr.cass.anu.edu.au/people/ms-catherine-holmes

Bibliography

Catherine recently completed her Masters research on the introduction of Montessori teaching and learning practices in an Early Childhood classroom in a remote Indigenous school. She now hopes to extend her research to observe and describe the impact of play in child development within a remote Indigenous context. Catherine has a background in Early Childhood education and adult learning with Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers in the Central Australia.

Thesis title

A study of child's play from an Indigenous perspective in Australia: An interpretive approach to socialisation.

Conferences / Presentations

2017

International Montessori Congress, Prague, Czech Republic
Workshop: Introducing Montessori in a remote Indigenous school

2016

Western Australian Institute for Educational Research, Perth
Presentation: Montessori teaching and learning practices in an early childhood classroom in a remote Indigenous school

2013

International Montessori Congress, Portland, United States
Joint presentation with Alex Dillon and Kay Boulden

Australian Montessori Conference, Canberra
Joint presentation Kay Boulden and Cherie Singleton

2012

Australian Montessori Conference, Sydney
Joint presentation with Alex Dillon

Primary Supervisor

Inge Kral

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