Nóirín Hayes is Visiting Academic at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin and Professor Emerita, Technological University Dublin, Ireland.

Leah O'Toole is Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education in the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, Ireland.

Ann Marie Halpenny is Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development in the School of Languages, Law and Social Sciences at the Technological University Dublin, Ireland.