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In this webinar, we will present findings from the BERA-funded project ‘Ethnicity and the Early Years Workforce: A Census of Maintained Nursery Schools in England’. The project has examined how staff ethnicity reflects (or not) the children served by nursery schools, as well as how staff ethnicity intersects with qualification levels and leadership responsibilities.
The quantitative data will be elucidated through the qualitative research of Shaddai Tembo, which emphasises the need to make Black educator identity more visible in early years education. Looking at the experiences of Black Early Years educators through the lens of critical race theory highlights how ethnicity is a key aspect of lived experiences of working in the sector, and the continued silencing of dialogues about race and ethnicity in Early Years.
| 4:00 | BERA Introduction |
| 4:05 | Chair welcome and introductions Nikki Fairchild, University of Portsmouth & Louise Kay, University of Sheffield |
| 4:10 | Ethnicity and the Early Years Workforce Mona Sakr , Middlesex University & Shaddai Tembo, Lecturer at Perth College UHI & Open University |
| 4:40 | Question & Answer |
| 5:00 | Event Close |
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Associate Head (Research and Innovation) at University of Portsmouth
Nikki Fairchild is the associate head (research and innovation) in the School of Education and Sociology at the University of Portsmouth. Her teaching and research explore professionalism, leadership, pedagogy and practice in early child...
Lecturer at University of Sheffield
Louise Kay is a lecturer in early childhood in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. She is a qualified teacher and has worked across all three primary key stages, with the majority of her career spent teaching in the early...
Senior Lecturer in Education at Middlesex University
Dr Mona Sakr is Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood. As a researcher in Early Years (EY) provision, she has published extensively on creative, digital and playful pedagogies. Mona’s current research is an exploration of...
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Shaddai Tembo is a lecturer in early childhood studies (UK and China) at Bath Spa University and an associate lecturer at the Open University. He is a trustee for Early Education and the Fatherhood Institute, and an independent writer and speaker...
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