Collette Tayler
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Collette Tayler (9 February 1951 – 1 December 2017)[1] was an Australian academic and researcher whose worked influenced early childhood education policy.[2] She held the Chair of Early Childhood Education and Care, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, at the University of Melbourne for ten years.[3]
Tayler was raised on a farm near Beaudesert, Queensland,[4] and was educated at boarding school in Brisbane.[4]
She graduated as a teacher in 1969 with a Teacher's Certificate (Primary) from Kelvin Grove Teachers College, Brisbane.[4] During her teaching career she gained further qualifications including a Diploma of Teaching at Mount Lawley College of Advanced Education, Perth, and a Bachelor or Education at Edith Cowan University.[4]
She completed a PhD in Education in 1987 at the University of Western Australia.[5]
Career
While an academic at the Queensland University of Technology Tayler was co-author of the OECD Thematic Report on Early Childhood Education and Care across 20 countries, titled Starting Strong II: Early Childhood Education and Care (2006).[6][7]
She was selected as a participant in the Australia 2020 Summit in 2008, contributing to the Productivity Agenda (covering education, skills, training, science and innovation).[8]
Tayler was the Chief Investigator of the longitudinal E4Kids study, tracking the quality of early childhood education and care programs, and the learning and development of children.[3] The findings of her research influenced the direction of early childhood policy and leadership, and fed into early years policy and strategy, including Australia's National Quality Framework.[2]
In her role as a teacher and administrator she had a significant impact on the training of early childhood professionals.[2]
