Dr Siân Wyn Siencyn BA PGCE MEd PhD (Wales)

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Contact Details

School of Early Childhood
Faculty of Education and Training
Tel: (01267) 676798 (6798)
E-mail: s.w.siencyn@trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk

Campus

Carmarthen Campus

Job Title

Head of School

Role in the University

Head of School of Early Childhood

BA Early Years Education:
Language Acqusition and Child Language Study
Young children: ethics, values and the law
Dissertations

MA Early Years Education Programme Coordinator
Dissertation supervision

Background

My first degree is in English from the University of Wales Aberystwyth. After time as a secondary teacher in Cardiff, I switched to early years with establishing and running a local cylch meithrin. Almost 35 years later, I am still in the business of services for young children. I have worked in the voluntary, statutory and private sectors. I was a member of the Welsh Assembly’s Ministerial Advisory Group on Early Years Education and involved in the development of the Foundation Phase. My research interests include early bilingualism, research methodology and ethics, and I am particularly interested in early childhood learning theory.

Publications

Siencyn, S.W. (ed) Y Cyfnod Sylfaen: Athroniaeth, Ymchwil ac Ymarfer.  Caerfyrddin:
Cyhoeddiadau Prifysgol y Drindod Dewi Sant (publication date December 2010)

Siencyn, S. W. The Challenges of Rural Poverty for Children in Wales, in  Clark,
M. & Tucker, S. (eds) Early Childhoods in a Changing World. London: Trentham Books, 2010.

Siencyn, S.W., Cameron-Faulkners, T.,Tinney, G., Murphy, A. ‘Bilingualism in the
early years: a study of the training and implementation of Welsh as an area of learning in the Foundation Phase 3-7 years’.  Welsh Journal of Education, Volume 14, Number 2, July 2009 , pp. 125-130(6)

Bruce, T. , McNair, L., Siencyn, S.W. I made a unicorn! Open-ended play with blocks
and simple materials.  Robertsbridge:  Community Playthings, 2008

Siencyn, S. W. Geiriau Bach:  an innovative model for developing early years
bilingualism in Children in Europe,  Issue 12, 2007

Siencyn, S.W. Y Plentyn Bach: Cyflwyniad i Astudiaethau Plentyndod Cynnar (golygydd). Caerfyrddin: Gwasg Coleg y Drindod, 2007

Early Years provision in Wales, with Thomas, S. in Clark, M. & Waller, T. (eds) Early Childhood Education and Care: Policy and Practice. London: Sage Publications, 2007

Audit of Welsh language provision in the early years. Cardiff: WAG, 2004

Is wedyn a tomorrow word: language, bilingualism and multilingualism in the early years. Times Educational Supplement, July 9, 2001

Cornel Sam (A Taste of Welsh): Notes for Teachers, BBC Wales 2000

Review of Early Years Training in Wales . Children in Wales (National Childcare Strategy), 2000

Pwy Faga Blant: Parenting Course with Elaine Davies and Elin Meek, Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin and Health Education Council, 2000