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Associate Professor Fiona Boylan

Associate Professor Fiona Boylan is Associate Dean (Early Childhood Studies) and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education.

Background

Fiona is a qualified early childhood educator and has taught across early childhood from kindergarten to year three in government schools for 25 years. Her PhD research focused on early childhood educator perceptions of mindset and devised a set of design principles to assist early childhood educators to foster the development of children's growth mindset for learning. Fiona is currently a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies in undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Current Teaching

  • LAN6120: Language and Literacy Birth to 5 Years
  • ECS4335: Wellbeing for Early Childhood Educators and Children
  • ECE6150: Contemporary and Comparative Perspectives in Early Childhood Education
  • LAN1375: English 1: Oral Communication

Professional associations

  • Teachers Registration Board WA (Member No. 32007808)
  • Early Childhood Australia (Member)
  • Positive Education in Schools (PESA) WA Committee
  • SCSA Curriculum Advisory Committee K-2 (Member)
  • Australian Early Childhood Teacher Education Network (AECTEN) (Co-Chair)

Awards and recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2019: PESA (Positive Education in Schools Australia) state conference scholarship
  • 2011: WA Premier Teacher of the Year Award semi-finalist

University and National Teaching awards

  • 2025: School of Education Emerging Scholar award
  • 2025: Vice Chancellors Staff Excellence Award – Citation for an outstanding contribution to student learning

Research areas and interests

  • Mindset
  • Design based research
  • Metacognition
  • Play and pedagogy
  • Social emotional development and learning
  • Wellbeing of children and teachers
  • Digital technologies
  • Transitions in the early years

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