Mrs Natalie Natsias
Lecturer
School of Education
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
I have been working in the Early Childhood Education field for many years in a range of settings, including Childcare Centres, Preschools, Early Learning Centres, as a Junior School R-2 Classroom Teacher and in leadership positions as Teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Early Years. I am passionate about education and thoroughly enjoy the continuous teaching and learning process. I am particularly interested in how preschools and schools can support children’s home languages, backgrounds and cultures.
I am currently working on a PhD regarding young multilingual learners and am also enjoying lecturing and supporting pre-service teachers throughout their educational journey. I have a deep connection to my Greek culture and love travelling to Greece when I can as it feels like my second home.
Natalie (Nathalia) Natsias is currently working on a PhD researching the topic of young multilingual learners and is in her final year of thesis writing. The Thesis title is: Fostering Young Children's Multilingual Literacies: A Critical Participatory Action Research Study with Early Childhood Educators.
She is a member of the Centre for Research in Education and Social Inclusion (CRESI), the Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE) and the European Association for Research on Learning and Inclusion (EARLI). Natalie has presented preliminary findings in both national and international conferences related to the research area of Multilingual Literacies in Early Childhood.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Lecturer | University of South Australia |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 - 2010 | Flinders University | Australia | Master of Special Education |
| 1990 - 1994 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Early Childhood Education |
Courses I teach
- EDUC 2058 English Curriculum: Reading (2025)
- EDUC 4193 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood (2025)
- EDUC 4224 Honours Educational Research: Theory, Literature and Policy (2025)
- EDUC 5297 English Education Early Literacy (2025)
- EDUC 3062 English Curriculum: Text Production (2024)
- EDUC 3091 Early Years Placement (2024)
- EDUC 4193 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood (2024)
- EDUC 4224 Honours Educational Research: Theory, Literature and Policy (2024)
- EDUC 4239 Honours Research Methodology: Methods and Ethics (2024)
- EDUC 5293 Early Childhood Professional Experience and Reflection (Inquiry into Practice) (2024)
- EDUC 5297 English Education Early Literacy (2024)
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Torrens University Course Advisory Committee | - |
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Australian Association for Research in Education | - |
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction | - |
| 2023 - 2024 | Board Member | Gowrie SA Board Member | - |
| Date | Topic | Presented at | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Multilingual Early Childhood | EECERA Multilingual Childhood Conference | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
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