Rate My Professor Clare Britt

Britt specializes in early childhood education from birth to 8 years, with a focus on creative approaches to pedagogy, young children's engagement with contemporary art, and meaning-making in aesthetic experiences. She co-led the Art & Wonder project, collaborating with the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Macquarie University's Mia Mia Child and Family Study Centre, and Blacktown City Council early learning centres. This initiative explored how children as young as 11 months interact with contemporary artworks, informing the co-authored book Art & Wonder: Young Children and Contemporary Art (2021, with Amanda Palmer and contributions from Wendy Shepherd, Janet Robertson, Belinda Davis, Nicole Barakat, Cara MacLeod, and Brook Morgan). Key publications also include Unearthing Why: Stories of Thinking and Learning with Children (2020, co-authored with Jill MacLachlan); 'Early years, art learning, and museums: principles and practices' (2019, International Art in Early Childhood Research Journal, co-authored); 'Dancing with Pipilotti: Young Children’s Encounters with Contemporary Art' (2018); 'Within the Borderlands: Beginning Early Childhood Teachers in Primary Schools' (2003, lead article, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, co-authored with Jennifer Sumsion); 'Pedagogical Armatures: Making Visible the Strengths of Relational Connectedness' (2024); and book chapters such as 'Complexity theory, early childhood development and social justice: Creating a space for children's voices' (2013). Her research highlights children's profound, embodied engagements with art, supporting creative learning, literacy, school readiness, and well-being.