Helen Hedges
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AlmamaterMassey University
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
Helen Hedges | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Massey University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Early childhood curriculum, early childhood pedagogy, children’s interests, funds of knowledge and identity, working theories |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | |
Helen Hedges is a New Zealand education academic. As of 2018 she became a full professor at the University of Auckland, now emeritus professor.[1]
After a 2002 MEd Early Years thesis titled 'Subject content knowledge in early childhood curriculum and pedagogy' [2] and a 2007 PhD titled 'Funds of knowledge in early childhood communities of inquiry' undertaken at Massey University,[3] Hedges published prolifically. She joined the University of Auckland in 2003, rising to full professor in 2018.[4][1][5]