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Research
Latest papers
Physical Activity Levels of Early Childhood Educators: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Child: care, health and development · 2026
Reading and Equity in Teacher Education: An Exploratory Study.
Journal of literacy research : JLR · 2025 · first author
The efficacy of the TEACH e-Learning course at improving early childhood educators’ physical activity and sedentary behaviour self-efficacy, knowledge, intentions, and perceived behavioural control: a randomized controlled trial
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2024
Latest funding
- $95,000
Training EArly CHildhood educators on inclusive and accessible active play in childcare: co-design and evaluation of the TEACH-Ability e-Learning course
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $114,053
Reading Pedagogies of Equity: Networked Literacy Pedagogues as Resources for Academic Reading Praxes in Teacher Education
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $199,443
French extension of the Training pre-service EArly CHildhood educators in physical activity study (TEACH-FR)
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
6 publications.
Physical Activity Levels of Early Childhood Educators: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Hawthorne M, Inniss BV, Heydon R, Burke SM, Tucker P
Reading and Equity in Teacher Education: An Exploratory Study.
Heydon R, McKee L, Akiwenzie E, Cooper E, Johns B, McKenzie PJ, McTavish M, Poczobut S, Coelho CR, Viczko M, Zhang Z
The efficacy of the TEACH e-Learning course at improving early childhood educators’ physical activity and sedentary behaviour self-efficacy, knowledge, intentions, and perceived behavioural control: a randomized controlled trial
Bourke M, Bruijns BA, Vanderloo LM, Irwin J, Heydon R, Carson V, Naylor P-J, Johnson AM, Adamo KB, Burke SM
Change in pre- and in-service early childhood educators’ knowledge, self-efficacy, and intentions following an e-learning course in physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a pilot study
Bruijns BA, Vanderloo LM, Johnson AM, Adamo KB, Burke SM, Carson V, Heydon R, Irwin JD, Naylor P-J, Timmons BW
Training Pre-Service Early Childhood Educators in Physical Activity (TEACH): Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Study
Tucker P, Bruijns BA, Adamo KB, Burke SM, Carson V, Heydon R, Irwin JD, Johnson AM, Naylor P-J, Timmons BW
Implementation of an e-Learning course in physical activity and sedentary behavior for pre- and in-service early childhood educators: Evaluation of the TEACH pilot study
Bruijns BA, Vanderloo LM, Johnson AM, Adamo KB, Burke SM, Carson V, Heydon R, Irwin JD, Naylor P-J, Timmons BW
Training EArly CHildhood educators on inclusive and accessible active play in childcare: co-design and evaluation of the TEACH-Ability e-Learning course
Principal investigators: Tucker, Patricia
Keywords: early childhood education; professional development; active play; children with disabilities
Reading Pedagogies of Equity: Networked Literacy Pedagogues as Resources for Academic Reading Praxes in Teacher Education
Principal investigators: Heydon, Rachel M.
Keywords: academic reading; equity; pedagogies; higher education; literacy; teacher education
French extension of the Training pre-service EArly CHildhood educators in physical activity study (TEACH-FR)
Principal investigators: Vanderloo, Leigh M.
Keywords: early childhood education; professional development; physical activity; French
French extension of the Training pre-service EArly CHildhood educators in physical activity study (TEACH-FR)
Principal investigators: Vanderloo, Leigh M.
Keywords: early childhood education; professional development; physical activity; French
Reading Pedagogies of Equity: Networked Literacy Pedagogues as Resources for Academic Reading Praxes in Teacher Education
Principal investigators: Heydon, Rachel M.
Keywords: academic reading; equity; pedagogies; higher education; literacy; teacher education
A multiple case study of literacy curricula in Canadian transnational education programs in China
Principal investigators: Zhang, Zheng
Keywords: (1) Curriculum; (2) Literacy; (3) Transnational education; (4) Literacy and identity options; (5) Multiliteracies
Learning together: a multiple case study of intergenerational multimodal literacy curricula
Principal investigators: Heydon, Rachel M.
Keywords: multimodal literacy; curriculum; intergenerational learning
Advancing interdisciplinary research in singing: knowledge translation
Keywords: singing; development; education; well-being; cultural understanding; intergenerational understanding; inclusion; lifespan; knowledge translation; music
Learning opportunities a case study of full-day kindergarten literacy curricula in an era of change
Principal investigators: Heydon, Rachel M.
Keywords: curriculum; early childhood education; literacy; full-day kindergarten; identity; communication; culturally and linguistically diverse children
Advancing interdisciplinary research in singing: AIRS
Principal investigators: Cohen, Annabel J.
Keywords: singing; interdisciplinary; crosscultural; music; language; cognition; human development; well-being; education
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Brian Timmons and Patricia Tucker: 20 shared papers
- Valerie Carson and Patti-Jean Naylor: 20 shared papers
- Patricia Tucker and Valerie Carson: 11 shared papers
- Brian Timmons and Valerie Carson: 9 shared papers
- Brian Timmons and Patti-Jean Naylor: 5 shared papers
- Patricia Tucker and Patti-Jean Naylor: 5 shared papers
- Patricia Tucker and Rachel Heydon: 5 shared papers
- Brian Timmons and Rachel Heydon: 4 shared papers
- Valerie Carson and Rachel Heydon: 4 shared papers
- Patti-Jean Naylor and Rachel Heydon: 4 shared papers
- Patricia Tucker and Jennifer Irwin: 2 shared papers
- Brian Timmons and Jennifer Irwin: 1 shared paper
- Valerie Carson and Jennifer Irwin: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Irwin and Rachel Heydon: 1 shared paper
- Reading and Writing
- Occupational Therapy
- Pediatrics
- School of Health Studies
- Other
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