- 2019 SFHEA: Senior Fellow: Higher Education Academy. UK
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2016 Winner Vice Chancellor’s Award: Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
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2016 Women’s Research Fellowship: School of Education, Western Sydney University
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2015 University of Western Sydney: Centre for Educational Research: Research Fellowship Semester 1
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2013 Vice Chancellor’s Professional Development Scholarship Award
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2007 Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence UWS (for work in the Master of Social Science with Distinction)
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2002 Award for Academic Excellence, Griffith University (for work in Graduate Diploma of Training and Development)
Qualifications:
- Doctor of Philosophy: University of Western Sydney: The Living Curriculum: A Natural Wonder. Enhancing the Ways in Which Early Childhood Educators Scaffold Young Children’s Learning About the Environment by Using Self-Generated Creative Arts Experiences as a Core Component of the Early Childhood Program
- Master of Social Science: University of Western Sydney (with Distinction): Enhancing Environmental Awareness Through the Arts: Pilot research program for PhD
- Graduate Diploma Training and Development: Griffith University
- Graduate Certificate Publishing and Editing: Griffith University
- Bachelor of Education (Primary): Edith Cowan University
- Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education): University of New England
- Diploma Community Services (Children’s Services): Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
Kumara Ward 