Rachel Jones

Dr Jones research is primarily focused on movement behaviours (physical activity and sedentary behaviour) for young children (3-5 years). Her main areas of research include prevention and intervention studies for young children. She has a particular interest in delivering and facilitating professional development for early childhood education and care (ECEC) educators, either face-to-face and/or online. In more recent years her research has focused on the importance of quality of early childhood education and care settings within the physical child development domain. She has recently developed, along with others, a professional development packages for educators which aims to improve the quality of the ECEC environment in relation to movement play and physical activity. In addition to her research, she teaches in research methodology at an undergraduate and postgraduate level and in the Early Years program. Education systems, Health services and systems, Curriculum and pedagogy