When research involves people, ethics are fundamental. In the health and social sciences,
when qualitative methodologies are used, in addition to ensuring an ethical process …

Understanding what and how young children learn through their play is central to the
enactment of the dominant, play-based early childhood education and care. This paper …

Young children's voices have been nearly absent in the study of belonging during the early
years. In this article, we propose a more inclusive understanding about how to study …

Title: Listening to children's advice about starting school and school age care/edited by Sue
Dockett, Jâohanna Einarsdâottir and Bob Perry. Description: First edition.| Abingdon, Oxon; …

Participatory, rights-based methodologies in childhood studies have explored conditions
that realise children's rights to participation. One avenue of investigation has been to explore …

Children's early mathematical abilities are fundamental to their later academic achievement.
An interest in mathematics in the early years is likely to establish a positive attitude to later …

Early literacy is largely acquired through child-led learning, yet current ways to support and
enhance it may present problems of coercion and adult control. The Following in our …

This project collected the views of young children on play provision within two local parks
through research conducted by Early Childhood Studies students and academics. Findings …

Recent early childhood education and care (ECEC) reforms across the globe are placing
greater emphasis on the intentionality of educators' pedagogy. In Australia, a National …

This study explores young children's possibilities for influence in situations of child–educator
disagreement in Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC). Data were gathered …