The Children, Childhoods, and Early Education (CCEE) SIG brings together researchers, practitioners, and students to explore and advance interdisciplinary understandings of children’s lives from early childhood through to later stages and offers space to explore ways for stakeholders to work together for the benefits of children, their families and communities. It focuses on recognition of agency and capacity of children including the very young in constructing their learning and life experiences. It also deepens understanding of how children’s experiences, learning, development, and well-being are shaped by educational, social, cultural, and policy contexts, both in the UK and internationally.

Research interests include:

• Children’s agency, play, and wellbeing
• Children’s rights and child participation  
• Curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment
• Early childhood pedagogy, policy, professionalism, and workforce
• Childhoods in global context
• Childhood transitions and life-course studies
• Digital literacies, equity, inclusivity,  and sustainability
• Spaces, places, and relationships in children’s lives
• Ethics and participatory approaches in research with children

The SIG aims to:

• Promote innovative, critical research across early childhood and childhood studies
• Interrogate education-care boundaries and transitions in children’s lives
• Challenge assumptions and stereotypes associated with early childhood and children
• Enhance and promote equity, inclusion, and justice in early childhood education and care
• Advocate for children, their families and early childhood profession   
• Support collaboration across disciplines and with other SIGs
• Encourage mentoring, networking, and publication opportunities
• Influence practice and policy through knowledge exchange and research innovations 

BERA Children, Childhoods, and Early Education SIG Forum