Rate My Professor Jodie Stribling

Dr Jodie Stribling serves as a Lecturer in the School of Education at Adelaide University, within the College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences. She is a graduate of the Early Childhood program at Magill, where she completed her degree with honours. Her honours research, titled ‘Developing social competence in toddlers – an investigation of toddler conflict events and educator responses,’ explored peer conflict and its role in fostering social and emotional competence. Currently pursuing a PhD, her doctoral research centers on educators’ perceptions of social and emotional learning in prior-to-school settings. Before joining the university, Dr Stribling accumulated over 15 years of experience teaching in early years settings, predominantly prior-to-school environments in both departmental and independent sites across South Australia and Queensland. Throughout her teaching career, she held positions in both teaching and leadership capacities.

Dr Stribling's academic interests encompass social and emotional learning in prior-to-school contexts, the development of social competence in toddlers—particularly through peer conflict and educator interventions—culturally responsive pedagogy, equity in practice, and the critical role of early years education in promoting future wellbeing. As course coordinator, she oversees several undergraduate and master's level courses in the Early Childhood programs, including professional experience in birth-to-three settings, professional experience in preschool sites, and play learning and development. She currently tutors courses such as birth to three development, reconceptualising early childhood education, curriculum specialisation, and contemporary contexts in early childhood education. Previously, she has taught a variety of courses across primary and early childhood programs. Dr Stribling co-authored the publication "Collaborative professional identities and continuity of practice: a narrative inquiry of preschool and primary teachers," published in Early Years in 2020. She is eligible to co-supervise Master's and PhD students and currently serves as co-supervisor for a doctoral candidate investigating equity in practice through culturally responsive pedagogy for three-year-olds in South Australian preschool contexts.