Dr Cynthia Hicban
Associate Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Email: chicban@usc.edu.au
Profile
Cynthia Hicban is a children’s participation rights specialist in the early years. Cynthia is a facilitator, strategist, and advocate of children’s voices. She uses EMCA to research the social interactions of young children and has developed the LViIP (Listening to voices in interaction for participation) approach for evaluating children’s participation rights enactment. She is co-founder of the Children’s Voices Network.
Research
Publications
Hicban, C. (in press). The self-presentation practice: A device for mobilising joint attention in an early childhood education setting. Research on Children and Social Interaction.
Hicban, C., Theobald, M., & Mascadri, J. (2024). Mind the Gap: Age Gaps in Young Children’s Friendships. Pastoral Care in Education.
Hicban, C., Theobald, M., & Mascadri, J. (2024). A new approach for investigating children’s participation rights in early childhood education: Listening to Voices in Interaction for Participation (LViIP). International Journal of Children’s Rights.
Boyd, D., Hicban, C., & Simoncini, K. (2023). Pathways to Sustainability in Early Childhood: Teaching the SDG Goals in the Australian context. [Online].