Contact

Email

rachel.pollitt@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Research Fellow, Reeach
Faculty of Education - Centres and Institutes
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of Melbourne
Post Graduate Diploma
Kent and Sussex Montessori Centre
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-7831-2026

Dr Rachel Pollitt

Research Fellow, Reeach
Faculty of Education
6 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2020

    Journal article

    Assessing spatial reasoning during play: educator observations, assessment and curriculum planning
    DOI: 10.1007/s13394-020-00337-8
  • 2018

    Thesis / Dissertation

    Spatial reasoning and geometry in early childhood: educator observations, assessment, and curriculum planning
  • 2017

    Presentation

    ePoster Mathematics and assessment in early childhood education
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Spatial reasoning and mathematics in early childhood education
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Thirty-one is a lot!: Assessing four-year-old children's number knowledge during an open-ended activity
    DOI: 10.1177/183693911504000103
  • 2014

    Conference Proceedings

    How to assess four-year-old children's number knowledge in a play-based program
Rachel Pollitt

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2024
Apiary Fellow, The Front Project
2020
<span><span><strong>The Victorian Early Years Awards</strong></span></span><p><span><span>This year we celebrate 20 years of the Victorian Early Years Awards, and the leadership, achievements and innovation of all early years professionals who continue to make a difference to the lives of Victorian children and their families.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>The 9 award categories focus on improving engagement in learning, supporting parents, building collaborative community partnerships, improving child health and wellbeing, exemplary practice in early childhood education, leadership and significant improvement in learning and teaching practices.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Winners are recognised as the best in Victoria for their category and go on to develop and share their inspiring work with their communities.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Winners of each category will receive a grant of &#36;15,000 for professional development or to support their nominated initiative. The finalists in each category are also eligible to win the prestigious Minister’s Award, selected by the Minister for Children.</span></span></p> Victorian Early Years Awards - The Emeritus Professor Tayler Excellence in Educational Leadership Award
2017
<span>The Programme</span><p><span>Visualise Your Thesis was an international programme that challenged graduate researchers to present their research in a 60-second audio-visual explainer. It ran from 2018 to 2025. The programme created an opportunity for universities from across the world to showcase their graduate research and for the participants to build essential information and digital literacy skills to effectively communicate complex research to a general audience.</span></p> <p><span>Institutions hosted a local Visualise Your Thesis programme for their own graduate researchers using the official guidelines and programme kit provided by the University of Melbourne upon registration, and their winning entry advanced to the international final.</span></p> Researcher@library PhD ePoster - recipient 1st Prize
2016
<p>PhD Candidature, recipient of the Australian Postgraduate Award</p> Australian Postgraduate Award