Rate My Professor Gillian Busch

Busch's research specializations encompass young children and celebrations, how families use Skype or FaceTime to support interaction, and social orders of family mealtime. She coordinates a number of courses in the Bachelor of Education program and is accredited to supervise higher degree research candidates in specialist studies in education and education systems. Her contributions to scholarship include co-authoring the article Children's transitions to school: 'so what about the parents'? in 2017 with Grant Webb and Bruce Knight, the book chapter Reducing the marginalisation of children: Relational knowledge production and the power of collaboration in 2015 with Ali Black and Marion Hayes, GTPA as enabler: Review, renewal and evidence of preservice teachers' assessment practices in 2021, and STEM education: What about VET qualified early childhood educators? in 2016 with Linda Pfeiffer and others. As Head of Early Childhood Education, she has led efforts to host the Reggio Emilia-inspired exhibition Mosaic of Marks, Words, Material in Rockhampton in 2025, collaborated on STEM playground projects with Education Queensland in 2024, and supported student initiatives including playground renovations in Cambodia.