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Dr Patricia (Trish) Collins

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5492
Email: trish.collins@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO8.228  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-9325

Dr Trish Collins is a Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the School of Education.

Background

Trish worked in early childhood classrooms for 20+ years before becoming an early childhood consultant for Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) in the Kimberley region and then across the state.

Trish has also worked as a consultant for Early Life Foundation (Walker Learning). Her doctoral thesis focused on personal values (i.e., motivational goals) in childhood and how these impact children's well-being and behaviour.

Currently, Trish has expanded her research interests to include how pre-service teacher’s personal values could impact their teaching style, and as a part of the Centre for Excellence for the Digital Child, she is involved in several projects including a digital health study and a longitudinal study on the children’s technology use.

Current Teaching

Undergraduate: Y42 Bachelor of Early Childhood

  • SCE2240 - Early Childhood Science and Technology Education
  • ECM3260 – Mathematics in Junior Primary
  • ECS4160 - STEM in Early Childhood: A Creative Integrated Approach

Postgraduate: I81 Master of Early Childhood

  • SCE6120 - Science for Young Children

Professional associations

  • European Commission Joint Research Centre
  • Centre for Human and Cultural Values - International research group
  • School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) advisory body (Mathematics, Technology) 2023
  • Committee member for the Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER)
  • Hollywood Primary School board community representative

Research Interests

  • Personal Values (i.e. individual motivational goals) in adults and children
  • Relationships between personal values and well-being (including self-esteem)
  • Relationships between personal values and social behaviours
  • Best-Worst Methodology
  • Teacher and Pre-service teacher's personal values impact their teaching style, wellbeing and behaviour
  • Social and emotional development and learning
  • Associate investigator for the Centre for Excellence for the Digital Child
  • STEM in education

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2020.
  • Master of education, The University of Western Australia, 2013.
  • Bachelor of Education, Edith Cowan University, 2006.
  • Bachelor of Arts in Education, Edith Cowan University, 1998.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Collins, PR., Sneddon, J., Lee, JA. (2024). Personal values, subjective wellbeing, and the effects of perceived social support in childhood: A pre-registered study. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-024-00800-1.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Collins, PR., Sneddon, J., Lee, JA. (2022). Do personal values have an effect on self-esteem in middle childhood?. Personality and Individual Differences, 199(December 2022), Article Number 111861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111861.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Collins, PR., Lee, JA., Sneddon, JN., Döring, AK. (2017). Examining the consistency and coherence of values in young children using a new Animated Values Instrument. Personality and Individual Differences, 104(1 January 2017), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.08.024.
  • Lee, JA., Ye, S., Sneddon, JA., Collins, PR., Daniel, E. (2017). Does the intra-individual structure of values exist in young children?. Personality and Individual Differences, 110(1 May 2017), 125-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.038.

Research Projects

  • Goodstart Digital Baseline Project , Goodstart Early Learning, Grant, 2023 ‑ 2025, $86,648.
  • Do Personal values (i.e., motivational goals) impact the wellbeing of children and adolescents in WA remote aboriginal communities?, Edith Cowan University, Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant Scheme 2022 (Stream 2), 2023 ‑ 2024, $39,944.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Internet-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (iCBT) and Social Anxiety Support for Preservice Teachers in a University Setting

Completed Supervisions

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