Professor Deborah Pino-Pasternak
Position
Professor - Early Childhood Education and Community
Associate Dean Research and Enterprise
Contact details
E: Deborah.Pino-Pasternak@canberra.edu.au
T: +61 2 62012808
L: Building 6 Room D36
Biography
trained as an Inclusive Education teacher in my home country (Chile) and worked with children with hearing impairment and their families. Subsequently I moved to the UK, where I pursued graduate studies at the University of Cambridge examining self-regulated learning in young children and particularly at the influence of family interactive patterns on its development. Since then, I have held research only and research and teaching positions at The University of Cambridge, The Institute of Education in London, and Murdoch University in Western Australia. In 2019 I joined the Faculty of Education at 海角射区 and currently serve as Associate Dean Research and member of the Faculty Executive.
My research interests concern young children’s development of self-regulation and Executive Functions and how those are fostered or hindered by home and school environments, with an emphasis on the quality of parent-child and teacher-student interactions. In collaboration with the initiative I examine the early development of handwriting and keyboarding at school entry. From a methodological perspective I have conducted quantitative and qualitative studies and have developed significant expertise in the analysis of interactive video data.
Deborah has secured in excess of $1.5 million in research funding including the Australian Research Council (DECRA and Discover Projects), the Ian Potter Foundation, Google Education, and funding from the ACT Education Directorate and NSW Department of Education.
2015 Vice Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence in Enhancing Learning. Citation: For developing a pedagogy that fosters student self-determination, addressing the needs of autonomy, belonging and mastery.
2015-2017 ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award DE150100731 ($361,744.00). Dr Deborah Pino-Pasternak. Contextual Supports for the early development of self-regulated learning.
2015-2017 ARC Discovery Project DP150101142 ($300,900.00) Professor Simone Volet, Professor Stephen Ritchie, Dr Deborah Pino-Pasternak, Professor Marja Vauras, Professor Kenneth Tobin. Advancing future primary teachers’ engagement in science inquiry learning.
2003-2007 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Cambridge Overseas Trust PhD Studentship
2005 “Chile Projects” Grant, Centre of Latin-American Studies, University of Cambridge, UK PhD Studentship
2003-2006 Overseas Research Students Award Scheme PhD Studentship
2002-2003 British Chevening Scholarships (British Council)/ Cambridge Overseas Trust) MPhil Studentship