Ms Marie Hammer

Job title:	Course Coordinator Early Childhood
Qualifications:	DipT IECD GradDipECStudies BEd LaT. MEd
Location:	Peninsula, building A3, room 24
Phone:	+61 3 990 44241
Email:	Marie.Hammer@Education.monash.edu.au Marie.Hammer@Education.monash.edu.au
Fax:	+61 3 9904 4027

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Teaching commitment

• EDF2201
  
• EDF2202
  
• EDF4109
  
• EDF5411
  
• EDF6641
  

Biography

I was the 2004, Yachad Scholar which afforded me the opportunity to travel to Israel and study the programs supporting children who have experienced trauma. This also enabled me to further my research into the impact of trauma on children's social and emotional development.

Research Interests

Social and Emotional Development of young children

The impacts of trauma, child abuse and neglect

Teachers' legal responsibilities.

Professional Associations

• President,Early Childhood Association, Victorian Branch

Community Service

• Andale School Council, Educational Advisor

Supervision

Teaching Resilience for Children

Publications

"I'm Bery Bery Cross: Dealing with Children's Anger" Child Care Information Exchange, August 2002

"A Validation of a Measure of Social-Emotional Development and Identification of Impacts of Child Abuse and Neglect" Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, Vol.11, 1, 2004

'I will never forget Laura's story': Problem Based Learning in Early Childhood a... Paper presented at the 2004 Australian Research in Early Childhood Education Conference. Monash University, Melbourne (2004)

Curriculum decision making in early chilhood contexts: who calls the shots? Children: The Core of Society (2003)

Friendship Everyday Learning About...... (2004)

Teacher Education and Problem Based Learning: Exploring the issues and identifyi... AARE 2004 Melbourne. Doing the Public Good (2005)

Yachad Scholarship Resource: FKA Children's services newsletter (2005)