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Macquarie University

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4.08/20/2025

Encourages students to think creatively.

4.05/21/2025

Always prepared and organized for students.

4.02/27/2025

Encourages students to think outside the box.

5.02/17/2025

Passionate about student development.

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Kelly Johnston, also publishing as Kelly Bittner, is an Adjunct Research Fellow and Professional Casual in the School of Education at Macquarie University, and Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood at Southern Cross University. She earned her PhD in Early Childhood Education from Macquarie University in 2017, with a dissertation entitled "Conceptualisations, beliefs and practices: Investigating technology integration in Australian early learning environments through practitioner inquiry." Additional qualifications include a Master of Early Childhood (2013), Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods (2013), and Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) (1999), all from Macquarie University. Before entering academia, Johnston worked as an early childhood teacher and service director in Australia and New Zealand, taught in primary schools in the United Kingdom, and held positions in early childhood licensing and accreditation at state and federal government levels in Australia. Her academic career includes a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, lecturing at Macquarie University, and senior researcher roles with the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) and the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).