MEd (Massey) BEd(Tchg) DipTchg(DCE)
Southland Campus
Tel +64 3 211 6809
Email meredith.kelly@otago.ac.nz
Biography
I have been involved in teacher education at the Southland Campus of the College of Education for many years now and enjoy the variety the role offers. I teach in the Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) and Graduate Diploma of Teaching (ECE) and also coordinate the overall delivery of the programmes at the campus. Prior to teaching at the College of Education, I taught for many years in both urban and rural Southland kindergartens as well as spending four years teaching in Primary settings in the UK.
Publications
Guttery-Edwards, B., & Kelly, M. (2026). Exploring children's self working theories: Reflections of a graduating early childhood teacher [Research note]. Early Education. Advance online publication. [Short Communication]. Journal - Research Other
Kelly, M. (2025). “What is the thinking child doing and what is the doing child thinking?” Exploring teacher perspectives on schema learning to identify children's working theories within current teaching practices (PhD). Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia. doi: 10.26199/acu.91739 Awarded Doctoral Degree
Gunn, A. C., Kelly, M., Offen, B., Ormond, A. P., & Sexton, S. (2023). He ara e rua he whāinga kotahi: Walking dual pathways toward shared goals in initial primary sector teacher education. In W. O. Lee, P. Brown, A. L. Goodwin & A. Green (Eds.), International handbook on education development in Asia-Pacific. (pp. 1603-1617). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-6887-7_85 Chapter in Book - Research
Kelly, M. (2016). Schema learning theory: Enhancing practice within sociocultural teaching, learning, and assessment. Early Childhood Folio, 20(2), 26-30. doi: 10.18296/ecf.0027 Journal - Research Article
Kelly, M. (2012, August). Technology is more than ICT! Verbal presentation at the ECE Research Hui, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs