Field of work
Tracey is a research fellow in the MoveEarly project at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Culture and Sport in HVL.
Her previous qualifications are in the areas of Sport, Health Promotion, Playwork, and Early Childcare and Education. Tracey has 20 years of experience teaching in kindergarten teacher education with specialist areas of play, diversity and inclusion, quality enhancement and policy in ECE. Tracey also worked with the Scottish Government and the Care Inspectorate ( the regulatory body in Scotland for care services) to develop resources for childminders and kindergarten teachers.
Reflective Questions- ELC National Induction Resource
Publications.
Joyce, T., McKenzie, M., Lindsay, A. & Asi, D. (2023) ‘Don't call it a workforce, call it a profession!’: Perceptions of Scottish early years professionals on their roles from past to future, Education 3-13, DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2023.2203166
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03004279.2023.2203166
Asi, D., & Joyce, T. (2023). Diversity in the classroom: how teacher perceptions and teacher-child interactions matter. In J. Chitiyo, & Z. Pietrantoni (Eds.), Social Justice and Culturally-Affirming Education in K-12 Settings (pp. 250-264). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6386-4.ch012
https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/92959948/Author_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf
Tracey’s current research is to develop measurement instruments in the fields of movement, play and exploration in early childhood as part of the large scale MoveEarly Project .