Jocelyn "Joce" Grace Nuttall is a New Zealand education academic, and is a full professor at the University of Canterbury, specialising in teacher education, early childhood curriculum policy and workforce capacity-building.

Academic career

Nuttall qualified as a teacher at the Dunedin College of Education and the University of Otago, and taught in primary schools in New Zealand and Australia before moving into early childhood education.^[1] She was appointed as a senior lecturer at Christchurch College of Education in 1990.^[1] Nuttall completed a master's degree in education in 1992 titled Women, capitalism and feminisation: workers' experiences in private and non-profit childcare centres at the University of Canterbury.^[2] In 2004 she completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, with a thesis titled Why don't you ask someone who cares?.^[3] Nuttall first worked at Monash University before moving to the Australian Catholic University in 2011, where she was Research Director of Teacher Education.^[1] Nuttall then joined the faculty of the University of Canterbury, rising to full professor. As of 2024 Nuttall is Executive Dean for the School of Education at Canterbury.^[4]

Nuttall's research focuses on the education of teachers and educational leaders. She is also interested in how to develop workforce capacity-building in early childhood education, and in early childhood curriculum policy.^[4][5]

Nuttall edited the first two editions ofWeaving te Whāriki: Aotearoa New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum document in theory and practice, a series of critical reflections on the New Zealand early childhood curriculum, and was joined by Alexandra Gunn for the third edition.^[6]

Honours and awards

Nuttall was elected a Distinguished Member of the Australian Teachers Education Association in 2019.^[1][4] She was awarded the Australian Catholic University Vice-Chancellor’s Medal for Research Excellence in 2018.^[4]

Selected works

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• Alexandra Gunn and Joce Nuttall (eds) Weaving te Whāriki: Aotearoa New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum document in theory and practice New Zealand Council for Educational Research. 3 editions. ISBN 978-1-98-854280-5 (3rd edition)
• Sally Murray; Joce Nuttall; Jane Mitchell (January 2008). "Research into initial teacher education in Australia: A survey of the literature 1995–2004". Teaching and Teacher Education. 24 (1): 225–239. doi:10.1016/J.TATE.2007.01.013. ISSN 0742-051X. Wikidata Q125455466.
• Joce Nuttall; Susan Edwards; Ana Mantilla; Sue Grieshaber; Elizabeth Wood (12 March 2015). "The role of motive objects in early childhood teacher development concerning children's digital play and play-based learning in early childhood curricula". Journal of In-Service Education. 41 (2): 222–235. doi:10.1080/19415257.2014.990579. ISSN 1367-4587. Wikidata Q125455450.
• Kate Ord; Joce Nuttall (November 2016). "Bodies of knowledge: The concept of embodiment as an alternative to theory/practice debates in the preparation of teachers". Teaching and Teacher Education. 60: 355–362. doi:10.1016/J.TATE.2016.05.019. ISSN 0742-051X. Wikidata Q125455435.
• Ali Formen; Joce Nuttall (12 February 2014). "Tensions Between Discourses of Development, Religion, and Human Capital in Early Childhood Education Policy Texts: The Case of Indonesia". International Journal of Early Childhood. 46 (1): 15–31. doi:10.1007/S13158-013-0097-Y. ISSN 0020-7187. Wikidata Q125455459.
• Yrjö Engeström; Joce Nuttall; Nick Hopwood (30 August 2020). "Transformative agency by double stimulation: advances in theory and methodology". Pedagogy Culture and Society. 30 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/14681366.2020.1805499. ISSN 1468-1366. Wikidata Q125455413.
• Joce Nuttall; Sally Murray; Terri Seddon; Jane Mitchell (November 2006). "Changing Research Contexts in Teacher Education in Australia: Charting new directions". Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 34 (3): 321–332. doi:10.1080/13598660600927224. ISSN 1359-866X. Wikidata Q125455470.