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Early Childhood Educational Research: Issues in Methodology and Ethics

Paperback by Aubrey, Carol; David, Tricia; Godfrey, Ray (all at Canterbury Christ Church University College, UK); Thompson, Linda (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Early Childhood Educational Research: Issues in Methodology and Ethics

£41.99

ISBN:
9780750707459
Publication Date:
24 Aug 2000
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
Routledge Falmer
Pages:
260 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 21 - 23 Aug 2026
Early Childhood Educational Research: Issues in Methodology and Ethics

Description

Provision of education for children under five has recently become a political concern. At the same time, this relatively small field has been attracting increased research attention, with many early years practitioners seeking routes to initial and higher degrees. This book offers essential guidance for researchers and newcomers to the field, outlining opportunities in research as well as useful, sensitive and appropriate methods for researching childhood education.

Contents

Part I:Changing concepts and methods in early years education research 1.Researching early childhood education 2.Constructing childhoods 3.Resrach paradigms: ways of seeing 4.Forms of observation: measurement and analysisPart II:Early childhood education: changing research practice 5.Early childhood research prior to 1985 6.Early childhood education research in a time of changePart III: Early childhood education research in action 7.Multilevel modelling: a case study on mathematics performance 8.Ethnography for early childhood settingsPart IV: Current policy, perspectives and practice in the field 9.Roles, responsibilities and relationships 10.Ethical issues 11.A Canterbury tale: the researcher's inside story 12.Policy and practice: the hand that rocks the cradle 13.Current theoretical perspectives: directions for the future?

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