Dr Robyn Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in Education at James Cook University Singapore. She has been actively engaged in teaching and research both in Australia and Asia for more than thirty years. Her teaching experience includes over thirty-five years in Early Childhood Education (ages 4 to 8 years), Early Special Education (ages 3 to 6 years), Primary teaching (all year levels) and Special Education (ages 8 to 16 years). She has taught in schools in Queensland, Australia and in Singapore. During this time she developed and implemented a range of teaching and learning programs which were responsive to the academic, linguistic, social, cultural and environmental needs of students. She has developed programs and learning experiences for students with English as a Second Language, students with disabilities and students with learning difficulties. Her initial career as a professional artist and her interest in children's art, enabled her to develop whole-school art programs for children ages 5 to 12 years. Dr Anderson's interest in research and education culminated in her PhD study which focused on early intervention practices in Queensland schools, Australia. She continues to research and publish in the areas of early intervention, early childhood education and Indigenous Australian education and has continued longitudinal research in these areas since 2000. In Singapore, Dr Anderson has worked as a Research Fellow in the project, Early Intervention of Malay Preschool Teachers in Promoting Children’s Mathematics Learning NIE/NTU-Mendaki at the National Institute of Education (part of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). She has also undertaken and has been the Chief Investigator for research projects with the Australian Chamber of Commerce Singapore and the Australian Trade Commission Singapore and was co-investigator of a collaborative project with educators in Australia, Singapore, Canada, Scotland and England, which aims to develop and map changes in children’s understandings, concerns and perceptions of their local, natural environments. More recently, Dr Anderson has researched and published in the area of international higher education. She is currently Chief Investigator of a four-part study looking at international higher education in Singapore. Before coming to Singapore, Dr Anderson lectured at RHEMA Bible College preparing, teaching, and assessing theological subjects. Since 2010, she has taught subjects within the Masters of Education and Masters of Guidance and Counselling course. Since 2014, she has coordinated and taught into the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) .
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