The ECR Journey: From inspiration to impact
This ECR Conference celebrated the journey of “becoming” an educational researcher. It was an opportunity to celebrate and disseminate small and big successes in ECRs’ journey from research...
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Jessica Breese, Miss
Student at University of Sheffield
Jess is a third-year, part-time PhD researcher at the School of Education, University of Sheffield. Her research project, which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), aims to critically explore different concepts around starting school and school readiness in early childhood educational policy. Jess is employing Discourse Historical Analysis and Q Methodology, a mixed methodology, to explore different articulations of school readiness. By synthesising these approaches, new ways of thinking about and enacting school readiness can be identified.
Jessica Breese's contributions
Framing research: Critical Discourse Studies and early childhood educational research
During the process of undertaking doctoral research, it is important to acknowledge the research journey and emphasise your rationale for conducting that specific research project. This relates to...
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On 14 February 2020, at the BERA ECR Network Symposium, my presentation focussed on participatory research in early childhood education. Having worked for a number of years in an early childhood...
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