Risky play promotes learning for children but can be challenging for adults who may then
avoid providing these opportunities for children. Research about educators' intentional …

In this paper, we present an argument for Practitioner Inquiry (PI). We briefly introduce PI,
and we indicate how PI recasts the professional and political role of the Early Years …

Practitioner research is increasingly used by and with teachers to counter discourses and
policies of top-down standardisation. Growing numbers of researchers advocate benefits as …

Team-based leadership is increasingly recognized as valid for raising workplace quality.
Developing effective teams of leaders, though, is barely understood, scantly researched and …

Internationally, there is a growing interest in both intergenerational practice and outdoor
learning opportunities such as those provided in Forest School settings. This participatory …

Intergenerational Practice, which brings two or more generations together for mutual benefit,
is growing in popularity in the United Kingdom. While practices are well meaning, they are …

There are increasing demands for teachers to continue to improve the quality of education.
This focus is evident in the Early Childhood Education and Care sector in Australia where …

This research emerged from a partnership developed between one pre-school setting and
myself as a university tutor, and from my commitment to participatory ways of working. Within …

Practitioner inquiry is an approach to professional learning that enables participants to
develop new understandings and practices to improve outcomes for children and their …

Introduction: Currently, there are high quality curricular and praxeological proposals for
Early Childhood Education. The role of practitioner research in the construction of these …