Prof. Sue Walker
Queensland
University of Technology, Australia
Email: sue.walker@qut.edu.au
Qualifications
2001 PhD., Queensland
University of Technology
1996 M.D., Education
(Research) Queensland University of Technology
1994 B.A., Education
(Hons) and QUT Medal Queensland University of Technology
Publications
(Selected)
Books
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Bergin, C.C.,
Bergin, D.A., Walker, S., Daniel,
G., Fenton, A., & Subban, P. (2018). Child
and adolescent development for educators. South Melbourne, Victoria:
Cengage.
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Lunn Brownlee, J., Johansson, E., Walker, S., & Scholes, L.
(Eds.) (2017). Teaching for Active
Citizenship: Personal epistemology and practices in early education classrooms.
Routledge. DP0880000, DP130102136
Journals
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Walker, S., Lunn-Brownlee, J., Scholes, L., &
Johansson, E. (In Press). Young children's moral evaluations of inclusion and
exclusion in play in ethnic and aggressive stereotypic peer contexts. International
Journal of Inclusive Education.
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Nucifora, A., & Walker,
S. (In Press). The importance of self-regulation: A mediator of early
socio-emotional difficulties on later socio-emotional and teacher-student
relational outcomes. Journal of Special Educational Needs.
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Walker, S., Fleer, M., Veresov, N., & Duhn, I. (2020). Enhancing
executive function through imaginary play: A promising new practice principle. Australasian
Journal of Early Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1177/1836939120918502
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Lunn-Brownlee, J., Walker, S., Wallace, E., Johansson, E.,
& Scholes, L. (2019). Doing the right thing in the early years of primary
school: A longitudinal study of children’s reasoning about right and wrong. Australian Educational Researcher, 46,
863–878. https://doi-org.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au/10.1007/s13384-019-00306-6
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Lunn Brownlee, J., Walker,
S., Scholes, L., & Johansson, E. (2019). Reasoning about social inclusion
over the early years of primary school: a focus on epistemic cognition. European
Early Childhood Research Journal. 27(5), 616-629, DOI:
10.1080/1350293X.2019.1651958
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Fleer, M., Veresov, N., & Walker, S. (2019). Playworlds and
Executive Functions in Children: Theorising with the cultural-historical
analytical lenses. Integrative
Psychological and Behavioral Science, 54 (1) 124-141. DOI: 10.1007/s12124-019-09495-2
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Walker, S., Lunn, J., Scholes, L., & Johansson, E. (2019).
The development of children’s epistemic beliefs across the early years of
elementary school. British Journal of
Developmental Psychology, 90 (2),
266-281. DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12280
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Walker, S., & Graham, L. (2019). At risk students and teacher-student
relationships: Student characteristics, attitudes to school and classroom
climate. International Journal of
Inclusive Education. DOI:
10.1080/13603116.2019.1588925
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Taylor, A., Beamish, W., Tucker, M., Paynter, J.,
& Walker, S. (2019). Designing a
Model of Practice for Australian Teachers of Young School-age Children on the
Autism Spectrum. Journal of International
Special Needs Education. DOI:
10.9782/18-00017
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Ryan, M.,
Bourke, T., Lunn, J., Rowan, L., Walker,
S., & Churchward, P. (2019). Seeking a reflexive space for teaching to and
about diversity: Emergent properties of enablement and constraint for teacher
educators. Teachers and Teaching: Theory
and Practice. 25(2), 259-273.
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Lunn, J.,
Rowan, L., Ryan, M., Walker, S., Bourke,
T., & Churchward, P. (2019). Researching teacher educators’ preparedness to
teach to and about diversity: Investigating epistemic reflexivity as a new
conceptual framework. Asia-Pacific
Journal of Teacher Education, 47(3),
230-250.
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Ey, L., Walker,
S., & Spears, B. (2019). Young children’s thinking about bullying:
Personal, social-conventional and moral reasoning perspectives. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 44 (2),
196-210.
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White, A., & Walker, S.
(2018). Enhancing social emotional development through evidence-based
resources. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 43 (4), 4-13.
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Wang, C.,
Harrison, L.J., McLeod, S., Walker,
S., & Spilt, J. (2018). Can teacher-child relationships support human
rights to freedom of opinion and expression, education and participation? International Journal of Speech-Language
Pathology, 20 (1), 133-141, doi:10.1080/17549507.2018.1408855.
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Fleer, M.,
Harrison, L., Veresov, N., & Walker,
S. (2017). Working with teachers’ pedagogical strengths: Designing executive
function activities for play-based programs. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42 (4), 47-55.
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Fleer, M.,
Veresov, N., & Walker, S. (2017).
Re-conceptualizing executive functions as social activity in children’s
playworlds. Learning Culture and Social
Interaction, 14C, 1-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.lcsi.2017.04.003
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Mergler, A.,
& Walker, S. (2017). ‘This is
possibly THE hardest decision a parent has to make.’ Deciding when your child
is ready to start Prep. Australasian
Journal of Early Childhood, 42 (2), 97-104.
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Scholes, L.,
Lunn-Brownlee, J., Walker, S., &
Johansson, E. (2017). Changes in children’s reasoning about the social
inclusion of aggressive children over the early years of elementary school. International Journal of Inclusive Education,
21 (10), 991-1010. DP130102136
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Walker, S., & Berthelsen, D. (2017). Gender
differences in early literacy and mathematics achievement and self-regulatory
behaviours in the first year of school: An Australian study. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42 (1),
70-78.
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Williams, K.,
Berthelsen, D., Nicholson, J., Walker,
S. (2017). A developmental cascade model of behavioral sleep problems,
emotional, and attentional self-regulation across early childhood. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. doi:
10.1080/15402002.2015.1065410
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Mascadri, J., Lunn Brownlee, J., Walker, S., & Alford, J. H. (2017)
Exploring intercultural competence through the lens of self-authorship. Early Years: An International Research
Journal, 37 (2), 217-234.
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Scholes, L., Lunn Brownlee, J., Walker, S., Johansson, E., Lawson, V.,
& Mascadri, J. (2017). Promoting social inclusion in the early years of
elementary school: A focus on children’s epistemic beliefs for moral reasoning. International Journal of Inclusive
Education, 21 (5), 507-520. DP130102136
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Hayes, N., Berthelsen, D., Nicholson,
J., & Walker, S. (2016). Trajectories
of Parent Involvement in Home Learning Activities across the Early Years:
Associations with Socio-demographic Characteristics and Children’s Learning
Outcomes. Early Child Development and Care. doi:
10.1080/03004430.2016.1262362
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Lunn Brownlee, Jo, Scholes, Laura, Walker, Sue, & Johansson, Eva
(2016) Critical values education in the early years: Alignment of teachers'
personal epistemologies and practices for active citizenship. Teaching and Teacher Education, 59, 261-273. DP130102136
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Carrington, S., Berthelsen, D.,
Nickerson, J., Nicholson, J. M., Walker,
S., & Meldrum, K. (2016). Teachers’ experiences of inclusion of children
with developmental disabilities across the early years of school. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in
Schools, 26 (2), 139-154. DP0877587
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Williams, K.E., Nicholson, J.M., Walker, S., & Berthelsen, D. (2016).
Early childhood profiles of sleep problems and self-regulation predict later
school adjustment, British Journal of Educational Psychology, 86 (2), 331-350. doi: 10.1111/bjep.12109
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McLeod, S.,
Harrison, L., Whiteford, C., & Walker,
S. (2016). Multilingualism and Speech-Language Competence in Early
Childhood: Impact on Academic and Social-Emotional Outcomes at School. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 34, 53-66. doi:
10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.08.005
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White, S.L.,
Berthelsen, D., Walker, S., & Williams, K. (2015). Early mathematical
learning: Number processing skills and executive function at 5 and 8 years of
age. Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in
Early Childhood Education, 9 (3), 45-66.
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Batiste, W., Walker, S., & Smeed, J. (2015). The
relationship between teachers’ perceptions of their principal’s leadership and
the implementation of the National Curriculum. Leading and Managing, 21 (1), 69-85.
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Brownlee, J.
M., Johansson, E., Cobb-Moore, C., Boulton-Lewis, G. M., Walker, S., &
Ailwood, J. (2015) Epistemic beliefs and beliefs about teaching practices for
moral learning in the early years of school: relationships and complexities. Education 3-13: International Journal of
Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education, 43(2), 164-183. DP0880000
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Johansson, E.,
Cobb-Moore, C., Brownlee-Lunn, J. M., Boulton-Lewis, G. M., Ailwood, J., & Walker, S. (2014). Children’s
perspectives on values and rules in Australian early education. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39 (2),
12-20. DP0880000.
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Teo, Shu Lin
Cheryl & Walker, S. (2014).
Child-related factors that influence teacher-child relationships using an
Australian national sample. Australasian
Journal of Early Childhood 39 (2), 51-59.
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Exley, B.,
Woods, A., Lunn, J., Walker, S.,
& Whiteford, C. (2014). Reconciling dilemmas of social justice in literacy
lessons: A case study of preservice primary teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 39 (1), 159-174.
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Sim, S.,
Berthelsen, D., Walker, S.,
Nicholson, J., & Fielding-Barnsley, R. (2013). A shared reading
intervention with parents to enhance children’s early literacy skills. Early
Child Development and Care, DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2013.862532.
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Whiteford, C, Walker, S, & Berthelsen, D. C.
(2013.) Australian children with special health care needs: Social-emotional
and learning competencies in the early years. International Journal of Early Childhood, 45(1), 35-50.
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Boyd, W.,
Thorpe, K., & Walker, S. (2013).
Choosing work and care: Four case studies of Australian women negotiating their
return to paid work in the first year of motherhood. Contemporary Issues in Early
Childhood, 14(2), 168-178.
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Walker, S., Brownlee, J., Whiteford, C.,
Exley, B., & Woods, A. (2012). A Longitudinal Study of Change in Preservice
Teachers’ Personal Epistemologies. Australian
Journal of Teacher Education, 37(5), 24-35.
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Walker, S., Berthelsen, D., Nicholson, J.,
Carrington, S., & Dunbar, S. (2012). The transition to school of children
with developmental disabilities: Views of parents and teachers. Australasian
Journal of Early Childhood, 37(3), 22-29 DP0877587
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Wainman, B., Walker, S., Brownlee, J.,
Boulton-Lewis, G., Cobb, C., Johansson, E., & Whiteford, C. (2012). Young
children’s beliefs about including others in their play: Social and moral
reasoning about inclusion and exclusion. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 37(3),
137-146. [IF: 0.317] ; QUT ePrint downloads: 158 DP0880000
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Ailwood, J., Walker, S., Brownlee, J.,
Boulton-Lewis, G., Johansson, E., & Cobb, C. (2011). Educational policy for
citizenship in the early years in Australia. Journal of Education Policy, 26(5),
641-653. DP0880000
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Walker, S., Brownlee, J., Cobb-Moore, C.,
Boulton-Lewis, G., Ailwood, J., Johansson, E.,
& Whiteford, C., (2012). Early years teachers’ epistemic beliefs and beliefs
about children’s moral learning. Teachers
and Teaching 18(2), 263-275. DP0880000
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Williams, K., Berthelsen, B., Nicholson, J., Walker, S. &
Abad, V. (2012). The effectiveness of a short term music therapy intervention for parents who have a child with a
disability. Journal of Music Therapy, 49(1), 23-44
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Brownlee J., Jia-Jia S., Mascadri, J., Cobb-Moore, C., Walker, S., Johansson, E., Boulton-Lewis, G., & Ailwood, J.
(2012). Teachers’ and children’s personal epistemologies for moral education:
Case studies in early years elementary education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 28, 440-450. DP0880000
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Boulton-Lewis, G., Brownlee, J., Walker, S., Johansson, E., Cobb-Moore, C. (2011). Moral and social development: Case studies of
teachers’ knowledge, and learning and their teaching strategies in the early
years. Australasian Journal of Early
Childhood, 36 (4), 6-15. DP0880000
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Johansson, E., Brownlee, J., Cobb-Moore, C., Boulton-Lewis, G., Walker, S., & Ailwood, J. (2011).
Practices for teaching moral
values in the early years: A call for a pedagogy of participation. Education, Citizenship & Social Justice,
6 (2), 109-124. DP0880000
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Heirdsfield, A., Walker, S., Tambyah, M. & Beutel, D. (2011). Blackboard as an online learning environments: What do teacher education
students and staff think? Australian
Journal of Teacher Education, 36(7), 1-16.
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McArdle, F., Walker, S. & Whitefield, K. (2010). Assessment by Interview portfolio. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher
Education, 31 (1), 86-96.
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Harrison, L. J., McLeod, S., Berthelsen, D., & Walker, S.
(2009). Literacy, numeracy and learning in school-aged
children identified as having speech and language impairment in early
childhood. International Journal of
Speech-Language Pathology, 11(5), 392-403.
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Walker, S. (2009). Sociometric stability and the
behavioural correlates of social status. Journal of Genetic Psychology 170 (4), 339-358.
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Walker, S., Brownlee, J., Lennox, S., Exley, B.,
Howell, K. & Cocker, F. (2009). What do first
year university students think about knowing and learning? Using personal
epistemology to understand transitions to university. Teaching Education 20 (3), 243-256.
Personal Website:
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