Bloch Distinguished Career Award
The Bloch Distinguished Career Award is an annual award given to a scholar researcher who, as an active participant in RECE, has made significant and sustained contributions to reconceptualizing early childhood research, practice, and/or theory at local, national, and/or international levels. The purpose of the award is twofold: to honor scholars whose work has informed and influenced critical inquiry in early childhood education and to acknowledge significant contributions to work of RECE in the larger context of educational research, practice, and theory.
Awards Notice
The call for the ‘Bloch Distinguished Career Award’ for 2023 is now open. Please click here for the full Call for Nominations.
The deadline for the Call for Nominations has been extended to 30th June, 2023.
Bloch Distinguished Career Award Recipients
| YEAR | RECIPIENT | CONFERENCE LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Marianne (Mimi) Bloch | State College, PA • USA |
| 2013 | Beth Blue Swadener | Nairobi • Kenya |
| 2014 | Jonathan Silin | Kent, OH • USA |
| 2015 | Joseph Tobin and Michael O’Loughlin | Dublin • Ireland |
| 2016 | Jenny Ritchie | Taupo • New Zealand |
| 2017 | Lourdes Diaz Soto and Gaile Sloan Cannella | Toronto • Canada |
| 2018 | Gunilla Dahlberg and Mathias Urban | Copenhagen • Denmark |
| 2019 | Gail Boldt | Las Cruces, NM • USA |
| 2022 | Nicola Yelland | Vancouver, BC • Canada |