Alice Ball
BA Honours [1:1] Early Childhood Education Studies Leading to the award of Qualified Teachers Status (2009-2013); Master of Education 120 Points Thesis Route
Position
Senior Lecturer Early Childhood Education
Teaching area
Early Childhood Curriculum
Biography
Alice is originally from the U.K. and has been living and teaching in New Zealand since 2018. She is deeply passionate about getting the early years right and loves to share her enthusiasm for play-based learning and musicality with others. Her teaching experience spans both the primary and early years sectors across England, Germany, and New Zealand, giving her a rich and diverse perspective on early education. She began her teaching journey in Manchester where she often volunteered at her mother’s nursery whilst she was at sixth form college at the age of seventeen. Later on, she went to study at Leeds Beckett University where she began her four-year teacher training degree. After qualifying, with first-class honours and outstanding academic achievement, taught in Manchester across the early year sector at school for three to four years before pursuing overseas experiences in Germany and then here in New Zealand. In 2024 Alice completed her Master of Education at the University of Auckland and her research explored the teaching and learning of musicality within New-Entrant teaching spaces.
Why I love MIT
From the moment that I first gazed upon MIT’s website I initially thought here is an educational institute that gives people chances and opportunities. MIT has a very warm and friendly atmosphere that celebrates diversity, inclusion and equality.
Research interests
- Play-based learning
- Reggio Emilia
- Musicality in teaching perspectives and childhood
- Anthropology
Award and grants
Outstanding Academic Achievement, Leeds Beckett University 2013
