Are we all ready in 2017?
The formalisation process which the review shows has been happening in Early Childhood Education, particularly since 2010, has moved into a new phase in 2016-17. The OECD has been considering a...
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BERA Blog Special Issues: BERA/TACTYC
To celebrate the launch of the BERA/TACTYC Early Childhood Research Review 2003-2017 we have a special edition of the BERA blog.
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The Missing Link? Brain and Body in early learning and development – what the research review does and doesn’t tell us
The early years education field has always emphasised the holistic nature of early development and learning despite the continued prevalence of separate subject- or development-based domains...
Early years as a career? Policy, practice and professionalism 2003-2017
In March 2017, the long-awaited Early Years Workforce Strategy for England was published by the DfE. It aims to put in place a number of measures to address some of the difficulties currently...
Play and Pedagogy
Carrying out the research for the section on Play and Pedagogy was a pleasure. This was because the field of play scholarship is extensive, international, multi-disciplinary and progressive in...
Giving a Voice to Mothers
My work on the Parenting chapter of the BERA/ TACTYC Review of the Early Years Literature triggered some questions that I felt compelled to further investigate. The literature that I accessed...
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The Missing Link? Brain and Body in early learning and development – what the research review does and doesn’t tell us
The early years education field has always emphasised the holistic nature of early development and learning despite the continued prevalence of separate subject- or development-based domains...
Continue reading blog postEarly years as a career? Policy, practice and professionalism 2003-2017
In March 2017, the long-awaited Early Years Workforce Strategy for England was published by the DfE. It aims to put in place a number of measures to address some of the difficulties currently...
Continue reading blog postGiving a Voice to Mothers
My work on the Parenting chapter of the BERA/ TACTYC Review of the Early Years Literature triggered some questions that I felt compelled to further investigate. The literature that I accessed...
Continue reading blog post
Play and Pedagogy
Carrying out the research for the section on Play and Pedagogy was a pleasure. This was because the field of play scholarship is extensive, international, multi-disciplinary and progressive in...
Continue reading blog postAre we all ready in 2017?
The formalisation process which the review shows has been happening in Early Childhood Education, particularly since 2010, has moved into a new phase in 2016-17. The OECD has been considering a...
Continue reading blog post