| An analysis of the conceptualisation of ‘quality’in early childhood education and care empirical research: Promoting ‘blind spots' as foci for future research M Fenech Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 12 (2), 102-117, 2011 | 180 | 2011 |
| Leadership: Contexts and complexities in early childhood education M Waniganayake, S Cheeseman, M Fenech, F Hadley, W Shepherd Oxford University Press, 2012 | 175 | 2012 |
| Early childhood teachers and regulation: Complicating power relations using a Foucauldian lens M Fenech, J Sumsion Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 8 (2), 109-122, 2007 | 125 | 2007 |
| Promoting early childhood teacher professionalism in the Australian context: The place of resistance M Fenech, J Sumsion, W Shepherd Contemporary issues in early childhood 11 (1), 89-105, 2010 | 120 | 2010 |
| The regulatory environment in long day care: A ‘double-edged sword’for early childhood professional practice M Fenech, J Sumsion, J Goodfellow Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 31 (3), 49-58, 2006 | 86 | 2006 |
| A Critical Analysis of the National Quality Framework: Mobilising for a Vision for Children Beyond Minimum Standards M Fenech, M Giugni, K Bown Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 37 (4), 5-14, 2012 | 70 | 2012 |
| ‘Embracing everybody’: Approaching the inclusive early childhood education of a child labelled with autism from a social relational understanding of disability M Mackenzie, K Cologon, M Fenech Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 41 (2), 4-12, 2016 | 69 | 2016 |
| Far from ideal: Everyday experiences of mothers and early childhood professionals negotiating an inclusive early childhood experience in the Australian context R Grace, G Llewellyn, N Wedgwood, M Fenech, D McConnell Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 28 (1), 18-30, 2008 | 65 | 2008 |
| Regulation and risk: Early childhood education and care services as sites where the ‘laugh of Foucault’resounds M Fenech, J Sumsion, J Goodfellow Journal of Education Policy 23 (1), 35-48, 2008 | 64 | 2008 |
| More than a shortage of early childhood teachers: Looking beyond the recruitment of university qualified teachers to promote quality early childhood education and care M Fenech, M Waniganayake, A Fleet Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education 37 (2), 199-213, 2009 | 62 | 2009 |
| Promoting high quality early childhood education and care services: Beyond risk management, performative constructions of regulation M Fenech, J Sumsion Journal of Early Childhood Research 5 (3), 263-283, 2007 | 60 | 2007 |
| The impact of regulatory environments on early childhood professional practice and job satisfaction: A review of conflicting discourses M Fenech Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 31 (2), 49-57, 2006 | 58 | 2006 |
| Identifying high-quality centre-based childcare using quantitative data-sets: what the numbers do and don't tell us M Fenech, N Sweller, L Harrison International Journal of Early Years Education 18 (4), 283-296, 2010 | 57 | 2010 |
| Quality early childhood education for my child or for all children? Parents as activists for equitable, high-quality early childhood education in Australia M Fenech Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 38 (4), 92-98, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Attracting, retaining and sustaining early childhood teachers: An ecological conceptualisation of workforce issues and future research directions M Fenech, S Wong, W Boyd, M Gibson, H Watt, P Richardson The Australian educational researcher 49 (1), 1-19, 2022 | 38 | 2022 |
| Early childhood education and care in the app generation: Digital documentation, assessment for learning and parent communication T Stratigos, M Fenech Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 46 (1), 19-31, 2021 | 36 | 2021 |
| The regulatory environment: A source of job (dis) satisfaction for early childhood professionals? M Fenech, J Sumsion, G Robertson, J Goodfellow Early Child Development and Care 178 (1), 1-14, 2008 | 36 | 2008 |
| Parent users of high-quality long day care: Informed consumers of child care? M Fenech, L Harrison, J Sumsion Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 36 (1), 95-103, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
| Working by the rules: early childhood professionals' perceptions of regulatory requirements M Fenech, G Robertson, J Sumsion, J Goodfellow Early Child Development and Care 177 (1), 93-106, 2007 | 28 | 2007 |
| Supporting the inclusion of low-income families in early childhood education: an exploration of approaches through a social justice lens M Fenech, J Skattebol International Journal of Inclusive Education 25 (9), 1042-1060, 2021 | 26 | 2021 |
