Claire McLachlan | |
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Other names | Claire Jane McLachlan |
Alma mater | Massey University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | early childhood literacy |
Institutions | University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, Massey University, Waikato University, Federation University Australia |
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Claire Jane McLachlan (sometimes McLachlan-Smith) is a New Zealand teaching academic. She is currently professor and dean at Federation University Australia. Her speciality is early-childhood literacy. [1]
McLachlan did a M.A (Hons, 1st class) by thesis at Massey entitled 'Experience as a mother of a "crying baby": a single collaborative case study' completed in 1991, [2] and then a PhD 'Emergent literacy in New Zealand kindergartens : an examination of policy and practices' in 1996. [3] Between 2000 and 2006 she worked in Auckland at the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology before returning to Massey University, [4] where she rose to full professor in 2013. She then moved to Waikato University as professor and head of school. [5] She is currently professor and dean of the school of education at Federation University Australia. [6]