Dr Patricia Giardiello
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
With over twenty five years experience I began my professional career as an early years teacher and have taught in a range of Foundation Stage settings both in Italy and the UK. I moved in to HIgher Education in 1996 at Hugh Baird College, Bootle and then at St Helens College where I ran the Higher National Diploma and Foundation Degree in Early Years
I joined MMU in September 2014 moving from LIverpool Hope University where I was a Senior Lecturer in both Teacher Education and Early Childhood Studies from 2004 -2014 . I now work on a part time basis to allow more time for academic writing and research and all important grandparenting duties.
External examiner roles
In 2014 I accepted the invitation to externally examine a Doctoral Thesis and Viva examination at the Graduate School, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Expert reviewer for external funding bodies
I review papers for the Journal of Early Childhood Research. Editor : Professor Cathy Nutbrown University of Sheffield
I regulary carry out manuscript reviews for Pearson Publications, Paul Chapman Publications ,Sage and Routledge
Consultancy and advisory roles
I acted as consultant to St Austin’s Catholic
Primary School, Aigburth, in 2010-11 providing early years pedagogical guidance
on the design of indoor and outdoor provision in light of new building work
being carried out on the site. I also participated in further team meetings with the staff to ensure smooth
transition for the children and staff to the new building.
Visiting and honorary positions
Honorary Fellow of Early Childhood at Liverpool Hope University
Membership of professional associations
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Teaching
Why do I teach?
I am passionate about the importance of quality early childhood education and provision. I am committed to working with and developing excellent education and child care professionals who will be ready to enter the profession with confidence and equiped to make a significant contribution to the lived experiences of children now and in the future
How I’ll teach you
At undergraduate and postgraduate level I support the students’ critical examination of key concepts in childhood and youth studies which includes consideration of the changing social and cultural constructions
of childhood and young people and its impact on lived realities in diverse and differing contexts. For example the impact of the UNCRC (UN, 1989) is critically considered using in depth examinations of evidence from children’s and young people’s everyday lives emphasising the importance of meaningful
participation. The universalised idealisms of children’s rights and notions of place in a globalised world
are questioned. At the heart of my philosophy for teaching is a view that knowledge and meaning about ways in which children learn and develop is co constructed in conversation with others and through discoursive practices.
My research expertise, gained through my study at doctoral level and through involvement in international education projects in Sri Lanka,Bulgaria, Finland, Italy, Holland and Spain, complements my well established
expertise in teaching, learning and assessment.
Research outputs
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Giardiello, P. Pioneers in Early Childhood Education The Roots and Legacies of Charlotte Mason, Rachel and Margaret McMillan, Maria Montessori and Susan Isaacs. Taylor & Francis.
Giardiello, P., McCleod, N. Empowering Early Childhood Educators: International Pedagogies as Provocation. Routledge.
McLeod, N., Giardiello, P. Empowering Early Childhood Educators International Pedagogies as Provocation.
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Chapters in books
Giardiello, P. 'Maria Montessori.' Oxford Bibliographies: Childhood Studies. Oxford University Press,
Giardiello, P.C. 'Youth Identities; Media Discourses in the Formation of Youth.' In Evans, D. (ed.) Language. Identity and Symbolic Culture.. Bloomsbury, pp. 85-103.
Giardiello, P.C. 'Maria Montessori.' In David, T., Goouch, K., Powell, S. (ed.) The Routledge International Handbook of Philosophies and Theories of Early Childhood Education and Care. Routledge,
Giardiello, P., Parr, Elisabeth, , Naomi McLeod, , Redman, C. 'Understanding Pedagogy.' In Rodrigues, S. (ed.) Handbook for Teacher Educators: Transfer, Translate or Transform. Sense Publishers, pp. 15-32.
Giardiello, P. 'Pioneers in Early Childhood Education The roots and legacies of Rachel and Margaret McMillan, Maria Montessori and Susan Isaacs.' Routledge,
Bignold, W., Gayton, L. 'Global Issues and Comparative Education.' SAGE,
Giardiello, P.C., Joanne McNulty, 'Back to the Future of Early Childhood Education.' Global Issues and Comparative Education. Learning Matters,
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Journal articles
Giardiello, P., McNulty, J., Anderson, B. 'Observation, assessment and planning practices in a children's centre.' Child Care in Practice, 19(2) pp. 118-137.