Lisa Terreni

Lisa Terreni examines the current extent of early childhood access to art museums in New Zealand.

Lisa Terreni’s PhD entitled: “I know what that is! It’s modern art!” Early childhood access to and use of art museums in Aotearoa New Zealand” examines the current extent of art museum visiting by the early childhood sector in New Zealand and investigates barriers to access, existing practices between art museums and early childhood centres, and the ways in which art museums and early childhood centres can effectively work together to create meaningful learning environments for young children. A mixed method approach was used for data generation that was interpreted using a Bourdieuean theoretical framework.

Lisa a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education Policy and Implementation, Faculty of Education at Victoria University of Wellington. She also works as an early childhood professional development adviser and has been involved in early childhood education for many years – as a kindergarten teacher and as a professional development adviser for the Ministry of Education. She is also an artist. Although Lisa works in the Faculty of Education she retains close links with the Museum and Heritage Studies. She is a guest lecturer in MHST511, focussing on education in the (art) museum and gallery context.

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