Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett

Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett is the Academic Director of the Early Years at the University of Wollongong. I am an inter/nationally regarded educator and researcher in early childhood education, leading innovative teaching programs that have had tangible impacts on the sector. Over the last decade I have made significant impact in professional learning and pedagogical leadership as evidenced by being regularly sought by governments, industry, philanthropy, and researchers for my high-quality and field-leading teaching-related research, which is impacting educational practice and workforce development both in Australia and internationally. I have led strategic initiatives which have elevated the status and reputation of program design at University of Wollongong (UOW) and have secured for UOW a leading role in shaping the current national and international early childhood pedagogical and policy landscape Teacher education and professional development of educators, Higher education, Early childhood education, Specialist studies in education