Dr Louise Phillips
Honorary Senior Lecturer
School of Education
Researcher biography
children's citizenship, children's rights, storytelling, arts-based methodologies
Phillips is an academic in the School of Education, where she teaches early years, arts and literacy education. Louise has more than twenty-five years of experience in early childhood education and eight years of experience researching children's rights and citizenship. Her interest in children's rights in education is reflected in her active membership of the European Educational Research Association Network Research on children's rights in education and her position as one of two international partners on the Swedish Research Council grant Education as a greenhouse for children´s and young people´s human rights. Furthering research in children's citizenship, Louise is co-principal investigator of Civic Action and Learning with Young Children: Comparing Approaches in New Zealand, Australia and the United States (funded by the US Spencer Foundation), leading the Australian investigation of preschoolers' civic capabilities. Louise is one of eight Australians to be granted a prestigious Spencer Foundation major grant in the last ten years. Her interest in children's citizenship has also led her to collaborate with social practice artists to explore opportunities for children's participation in the public sphere through an innovative relational arts project titled The Walking Neighbourhood hosted by Children. The innovation of this arts-research collaboration has been awarded: The University of Queensland Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences Innovation Award (2013); and the international Walk21 Walking Visionaries Jury Prize (2015). Louise holds a national professional role as Convenor of the Qualitative Research Methodologies Special Interest Group for the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE).
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The Walking Neighbourhood hosted by children : Negotiations of public space by young people The University of Queensland |
2014–2016 |
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Research on effective strategies for improving school attendance Queensland Deptartment of Education and Training |
2016 |
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Civic Action and Learning with Young Children: Comparing Approaches in New Zealand, Australia and the United States Spencer Foundation |
2014–2017 |
Publications
Books
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, Ritchie, Jenny, Dynevor, Lavina, Lambert, Jared and Moroney, Kerryn (2020). Young children’s community building in action: embodied, emplaced and relational citizenship. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429428531
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Bunda, Tracey (2018). Research through, with and as storying. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109190
Book Chapters
DeZutter, Stacy Lee, Erickson, Joy Dangora, Gorham, M. Victoria, Lubuva, Prosper, Malins, Pamela, Pechtelidis, Yannis, Phillips, Louise, Ritchie, Jenny and Thompson, Winston C. (2023). Collaborative Commentary. International Perspectives on Educating for Democracy in Early Childhood. (pp. 102-104) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003229568-8
Ritchie, Jenny and Phillips, Louise (2023). Challenges for policy and practice for young children's community building identified in a study of young children's civic action. International perspectives on educating for democracy in early childhood. (pp. 34-55) edited by Stacy Lee DeZutter. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003229568-4
Phillips, Louise G. (2023). Children's participation in local curriculum-making. International encyclopedia of education. (pp. 181-187) edited by Robert J. Tierney, Fazal Rizvi and Kadriye Ercikan. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818630-5.03029-3
Bunda, Tracey and Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2023). Storying: The Vitality of Social Movements. Storying Social Movement/s. (pp. 1-17) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-09667-9_1
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2022). Holobionts, Happiness and Policing in a Suspended World. Massive/Micro Autoethnography. (pp. 229-242) Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-8305-3_14
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Nguyen, Thao Thi Phuong (2021). Introduction: the what, how and why of storytelling pedagogy. Storytelling pedagogy in Australia and Asia. (pp. 1-19) edited by Louise Gwenneth Phillips and Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen. Singapore, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-4009-4_1
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2021). Storytelling pedagogy for active citizenship. Storytelling pedagogy in Australia and Asia. (pp. 159-180) edited by Louise Gwenneth Phillips and Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen. Singapore, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-4009-4_9
Nguyen, Thao Thi Phuong and Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2021). Bringing storytelling pedagogy ideas together. Storytelling pedagogy in Australia and Asia. (pp. 181-190) edited by Louise Gwenneth Phillips and Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-4009-4_10
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Finn, Roxanne (2020). What emerges in playing in the corner of artist-curated and created matter. Working with young children in museums: weaving theory and practice. (pp. 53-61) edited by Abigail Hackett, Rachel Holmes and Christina MacRae. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429434457-6
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, Johnson, Helen, Misra, Sarah and Zavros-Orr, Agli (2020). Mothering bodies in unloving institutions. (Re)birthing the feminine in academe: creating spaces of motherhood in patriarchal contexts. (pp. 49-82) edited by Linda Henderson, Alison L. Black and Susanne Garvis. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-38211-7_3
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Bunda, Tracey (2018). Storying ways. Research Through, With and As Storying. (pp. 73-90) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109190-4
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Bunda, Tracey (2018). Beginning stories and storying. Research Through, With and As Storying. (pp. 1-16) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109190-1
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Bunda, Tracey (2018). Ongoing advocacy for storying. Research Through, With and As Storying. (pp. 105-115) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109190-6
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Bunda, Tracey (2018). Locating self in place and ancestral storying. Research Through, With and As Storying. (pp. 17-42) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109190-2
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Bunda, Tracey (2018). Principles of storying. Research Through, With and As Storying. (pp. 43-72) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109190-3
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Bunda, Tracey (2018). Sharing through storying. Research Through, With and As Storying. (pp. 91-104) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109190-5
Phillips, Louise G. (2016). Educating children and young people on the UNCRC: actions, avoidance and awakenings. Children’s rights, educational research and the UNCRC: past, present and future. (pp. 39-59) edited by Jenna Gillett-Swan and Vicki Coppock. Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Symposium Books.
Phillips, Louise (2014). Research with children: voice, agency and transparency. Echoes: Ethics and Issues of Voice in Education Research. (pp. 165-182) edited by Warren Midgley, Andy Davies, Mark E. Oliver and Patrick Alan Danaher. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6209-491-8_12
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2014). I want to do real things: explorations of children's active community participation. Research in early childhood education for sustainability. (pp. 194-207) edited by Julie Davis and Sue Elliott. Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Phillips, Louise and Zavros, Agli (2013). Researchers as participants, participants as researchers: ethics, epistemologies, and methods. The Role of Participants in Education Research: Ethics, Epistemologies, and Methods. (pp. 52-63) edited by Warren Midgley, Patrick Alan Danajer and Margaret Baguley. New York, NY, United States: Routledge.
Phillips, Louise and Zavros, Agli (2013). Researchers as participants, participants as researchers. The Role of Participants in Education Research: Ethics, Epistemologies, and Methods. (pp. 52-63) New York, USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203078389
Journal Articles
Phillips, Louise G., Hamid, M. Obaid, Reyes, Vicente and Hardy, Ian (2024). To give: ethically storying data. Educational Review, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2023.2293453
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, de Rivera, Liberty and Harris, Pauline (2024). Correction: Platforms and possibilities: a scoping study of curriculum resources for global citizenship education (The Australian Educational Researcher, (2023), 10.1007/s13384-023-00651-7). Australian Educational Researcher. doi: 10.1007/s13384-023-00688-8
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, de Rivera, Liberty and Harris, Pauline (2023). Platforms and possibilities: a scoping study of curriculum resources for global citizenship education. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1-2. doi: 10.1007/s13384-023-00651-7
Ritchie, Jenny, Phillips, Louise G., Brock, Cynthia, Burke, Geraldine, Cain, Melissa, Campbell, Chris, Coleman, Kathryn, Davis, Susan and Joosa, Esther (2023). Teaching and Learning in COVID-19: Pandemic Quilt Storying. International Review of Qualitative Research, 16 (4), 328-347. doi: 10.1177/19408447231169069
Reyes, Vicente, Phillips, Louise, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Hardy, Ian (2023). Navigating datascapes: mapping testing practices within andacross national and global contexts. Learning, Media and Technology, 49 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/17439884.2023.2218645
Hardy, Ian, Phillips, Louise, Reyes, Vicente and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2023). Reimagining and demystifying data: a storytelling approach. Comparative Education, 59 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/03050068.2023.2189677
Nguyen, Thao Thi Phuong and Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2022). How storytelling can work as a pedagogy to facilitate children’s English as a foreign language learning. Language Teaching Research, 136216882211354. doi: 10.1177/13621688221135481
Finn, Roxanne and Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2021). On the certainty of entanglements with ecocide: pragmatic action for responsive pedagogy inspired by ecological psychology and permaculture. Educational Review, 75 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2021.2001438
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, Cain, Melissa, Ritchie, Jenny, Campbell, Chris, Davis, Susan, Brock, Cynthia, Burke, Geraldine, Coleman, Kathryn and Joosa, Esther (2021). Surveying and resonating with teacher concerns during COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers and Teaching, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/13540602.2021.1982691
Ritchie, Jenny and Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2021). Learning with Indigenous wisdom in a time of multiple crises: embodied and emplaced early childhood pedagogies. Educational Review, 75 (1), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2021.1978396
Davis, Susan and Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2021). Teaching during COVID 19 times – The experiences of drama and performing arts teachers and the human dimensions of learning. NJ, 44 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/14452294.2021.1943838
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Finn, Roxanne (2020). Learning with environments: Developing an ecological psychology inspired relational pedagogy. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 17 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/1554480x.2020.1781639
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, Ritchie, Jenny and Perales, Francisco (2019). Surveying support for child and youth political participation in Australia and New Zealand. Citizenship Studies, 23 (5), 460-485. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2019.1620687
Bunda, Tracey, Heckenberg, Robyn, Snepvangers, Kim, Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, Lasczik, Alexandra and Black, Alison L. (2019). Storymaking belonging. Art/Research International, 4 (1), 153-179. doi: 10.18432/ari29429
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, Ritchie, Jenny and Adair, Jennifer Keys (2018). Young children’s citizenship membership and participation: comparing discourses in early childhood curricula of Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 50 (4), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/03057925.2018.1543578
Robinson, Carol, Phillips, Louise and Quennerstedt, Ann (2018). Human rights education: developing a theoretical understanding of teachers’ responsibilities. Educational Review, 72 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2018.1495182
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Moroney, Kerryn (2017). Civic action and learning with a community of Aboriginal Australian young children. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 42 (4), 87-96. doi: 10.23965/AJEC.42.4.10
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Montes, Catherine (2017). Walking Borders: explorations of aesthetics in ephemeral arts activism for asylum seeker rights. Space and Culture, 21 (2), 92-107. doi: 10.1177/1206331217729509
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Tossa, Wajuppa (2017). Intergenerational and intercultural civic learning through storied child-led walks of Chiang Mai. Geographical Research, 55 (1), 18-28. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12182
Willis, Linda-Dianne and Phillips, Louise (2017). Wonder. Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 22 (1), 3-3.
Phillips, Louise and Willis, Linda-Dianne (2017). Dedication to Narelle Oliver (1960-2016). Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 22 (1), 4-5.
McLay, Katherine, Renshaw, Peter and Phillips, Louise Gweneth (2017). iBecome: iPads as a tool for self-making. International Journal of Educational Research, 84, 68-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2016.05.009
Adair, Jennifer Keys, Phillips, Louise, Ritchie, Jenny and Sachdeva, Shubhi (2016). Civic action and play: examples from Maori, Aboriginal Australian and Latino communities. Early Child Development and Care, 187 (5-6), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2016.1237049
Phillips, Louise (2016). Human rights for children and young people in Australian curricula. Curriculum Perspectives, 36 (2), 1-14.
Phillips, Louise (2016). Walking in indeterminate spaces: possibilities for political coexistence. Qualitative Research Journal, 16 (4), 331-344. doi: 10.1108/QRJ-09-2015-0084
Phillips, Louise (2016). Learning and teaching with cultural stories. Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 21 (2), 20-22.
Willis, Linda and Phillips, Louise (2016). Using culturally diverse literature. Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 21 (2), 3-3.
Phillips, Louise and Willis, Linda (2016). Visual literacy. Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 21 (1), 3-3.
Willis, Linda, Phillips, Louise, English, Robyn and Friend, Lesley (2015). 20th anniversary platinum edition. Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 20 (3), 3-3.
Phillips, Louise, Willis, Linda, English, Robyn and Friend, Lesley (2015). Language and literacy learning environments. Practically Primary, 20 (2), 3-3.
Phillips, Louise (2015). Ten ways for cultivating language and literacy learning through engagement with families and communities .... Practically Primary, 20 (1), 3-40.
Phillips, Louise, Willis, Linda, English, Robyn and Friend, Lesley (2015). Engagement with families and communities. Practically Primary, 20 (1), 3-3.
Phillips, Louise (2015). How place can nourish language and literacy learning. Practically Primary, 20 (2), 4-5.
Phillips, Louise, Willis, Linda, English, Robyn and Friend, Lesley (2014). Language. Practically Primary, 19 (3), 3-3.
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Willis, Linda-Dianne (2014). Walking and talking with living texts: Breathing life against static standardisation. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 13 (1), 76-94.
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth and Hickey, Andrew (2013). Child-led tours of Brisbane's Fortitude Valley as public pedagogy. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 8 (3), 242-253. doi: 10.5172/ijpl.2013.8.3.242
Hickey, Andrew and Phillips, Louise (2013). New kids on the block: young people, the city and public pedagogies. Global Studies of Childhood, 3 (2), 115-128. doi: 10.2304/gsch.2013.3.2.115
Phillips, Louise and Campbell, Chris (2013). Explorations of pedagogy in Australian contexts. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 8 (3), 151-152. doi: 10.5172/ijpl.2013.8.3.151
Coppock, Vicki and Phillips, Louise (2013). Actualisation of children's participation rights. Global Studies of Childhood, 3 (2), 99-103. doi: 10.2304/gsch.2013.3.2.99
Phillips, Louise (2012). Erratum to Emergent Motifs of Social Justice Storytelling as Pedagogy (Storytelling, Self, Society, 8, 2 (108-125)). Storytelling, Self, Society, 8 (3) doi: 10.1080/15505340.2012.723914
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2012). Retribution and rebellion: Children's meaning making of justice through storytelling. International Journal of Early Childhood, 44 (2), 141-156. doi: 10.1007/s13158-012-0053-2
Phillips, Louise (2012). Emergent motifs of social justice storytelling as pedagogy. Storytelling, Self, Society, 8 (2), 108-125. doi: 10.1080/15505340.2012.665311
Phillips, Louise (2011). Children as citizens: Not on campus. Australian Universities' Review, 53 (2), 5-10.
Phillips, Louise (2011). Possibilities and quandaries for young children's active citizenship. Early Education and Development, 22 (5), 778-794. doi: 10.1080/10409289.2011.597375
Phillips, Louise G. (2010). Social justice storytelling and young children's active citizenship. Discourse, 31 (3), 363-376. doi: 10.1080/01596301003786993
Phillips, L. (2000). Storytelling: The seeds of children's creativity. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 25 (3), 1-5.
Conference Papers
Phillips, Louise, Perales, Francisco and Ritchie, Jenny (2018). Public Attitudes to Children and Young People’s Political Participation Inclusion/Exclusion. European Educational Research Association Conference, Bolzano, Italy, 5 September 2018.
Phillips, Louise (2010). Reconceptualising young children's active citizenship. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2010, Denver, CO, United States, 30 April - 4 May 2010. Washington, DC, United States: American Educational Research Association.
Phillips, Louise (2010). Emergent motifs of social justice storytelling. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2010, Denver, CO, United States, 30 April - 4 May 2010. Washington, DC, United States: American Educational Research Association.
Phillips, Louise (2009). Provoking critical awareness and intersubjectivity through 'transformative storytelling'. Australian Association for Research in Education International Education Research Conference 2008 (AARE 2008), Brisbane, Australia, 30 November - 4 December 2008. Deakin, ACT, Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education.
Phillips, Louise (2008). Young children's active citizenship inspired through transformative storytelling. American Educational Research Association 2008 Annual Meeting, New York, USA, 24 - 28 March 2008. New York, United States: American Educational Research Association.
Research Report
Mills, Martin, Howell, Angelique, Kubler, Matthias, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Lynch, Deborah, Phillips, Louise, Carroll, Annemaree, Dungan, John, Hellens, Andrea and Sheppard, Karen (2018). Making every day count: effective strategies to improve student attendance in Queensland state schools. Brisbane, Queensland: The University of Queensland.
Thesis
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth (2010). Young children’s active citizenship: storytelling, stories and social actions. PhD Thesis, Centre for Learning Innovation, Queensland University of Technology.
Newspaper Articles
Phillips, Louise, Perales, Francisco and Ritchie, Jennie (2017, 09 11). Giving voice to the young: survey shows people want under-18s involved in politics The Conversation
Phillips, L. and Harris, P. (2017, 07 11). How to encourage literacy in young children (and beyond) The Conversation
Phillips, L. (2016, 09 29). Do kindy boot camps get children ready for school? The Conversation
Creative Works
Phillips, Louise Gwenneth, Owen, Alice, Borland-Sentinella, Deanna and Peirano, Elena (2016). Walk with me. West End, QLD, Australia: Brisbane's Anywhere Festival 7th and 8th May 2016.
Phillips, Louise and Gutierrez-Sanfeliu, Carles (2015). Walking borders: arts activism for refugee rights. Caulfield North, VIC, Australia: Right Now.