There are a growing number of courses on early childhood education at university level. This has placed new demands on both students and staff as research is a key feature of many of these courses. Research training is an important element in both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in early childhood education and there is a genuine need for an accessible textbook that addresses the particular research issues which are a feature of this important field. Doing Early Childhood Research introduces the most common qualitative and quantitative methods in the early childhood context. The contributors cover a wide range of conventional and newer approaches including observation, surveys, action research, ethnography, policy analysis and poststructuralist approaches. The reader is shown step by step how to select a topic, review the literature, design their research project, analyse data and produce a report. Throughout the emphasis is on practical application of the methods and the text is illustrated by a wide range of examples and case studies. Each chapter includes checklists, explanations of key concepts, annotated further reading and questions for reflection. Written by leading international early childhood researchers, this book is a standard introduction to research in the early childhood field.

Doing Early Childhood Research: Theory and Practice

Education & Teaching

Mac Naughton,Glenda

Rolfe,Sharne

Siraj-Blatchford,Iram

Schools & Teaching

Open University Press

"This is a very useful and practical resource that will help the reader create the structured approach essential to any successful action research project." Early Years Update 
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<li>Are you worried about doing your early years action research project? </li>
<li>Does the thought of choosing the right research question feel daunting? </li>
<li>Are you concerned about the challenges you might face?</li>
</ul> If you answer 'yes' to any of these questions, then this is the book for you! Written in a lively and accessible style, this is the essential step-by-step guide to conducting your own action research project. The book introduces and evaluates different approaches to action research and explores how they can be applied in early childhood settings to create positive change and to improve practice.
 Using varied illustrations and case studies of contemporary projects in diverse early childhood contexts, the book addresses specific issues and challenges that you might face when conducting action research in such settings.
 Each chapter offers gentle guidance and support at a specific stage of the research process, from choosing your initial topic to formulating your research question, through to sharing the lessons of your project.
 The book's key features include:
<ul>
<li>16 'Steps' that walk you through the process of conducting your action research project </li>
<li>References to real life research projects to illustrate key ideas, themes, practices and debates </li>
<li>Advice on creating an action research journal, with sample extracts </li>
<li>'Thinking Boxes' in each chapter to encourage you to review and reflect on the chapter's contents as you plan your research project </li>
<li>Checklists in each chapter of key concepts, processes and themes, together with further resources</li>
</ul> The authors explore some difficult issues associated with action research, including ethics, rigour, validity, critical reflection, and social and professional change. They show that there is more than one 'right' way to perform an action research project and advise you how to choose an approach that is appropriate for your particular interests and circumstances. Doing Action Research in Early Childhood Studies is an essential resource for students and practitioners of early childhood studies.

Doing Action Research in Early Childhood Studies

Hughes, Patrick

Are you worried about doing your early years action research project? Does the thought of choosing the right research question feel daunting? Are you concerned about the challenges you might face? If you answer 'yes' to any of these questions, then this is the book for you! Written in a lively and accessible style, this is the essential step-by-step guide to conducting your own action research project. The book introduces and evaluates different approaches to action research and explores how they can be applied in early childhood settings to create positive change and to improve practice. Using varied illustrations and case studies of contemporary projects in diverse early childhood contexts, the book addresses specific issues and challenges that you might face when conducting action research in such settings. Each chapter offers gentle guidance and support at a specific stage of the research process, from choosing your initial topic to formulating your research question, through to sharing the lessons of your project. The book's key features include: 16 'Steps' that walk you through the process of conducting your action research project References to real life research projects to illustrate key ideas, themes, practices and debates Advice on creating an action research journal, with sample extracts 'Thinking Boxes' in each chapter to encourage you to review and reflect on the chapter's contents as you plan your research project Checklists in each chapter of key concepts, processes and themes, together with further resources The authors explore some difficult issues associated with action research, including ethics, rigour, validity, critical reflection, and social and professional change. They show that there is more than one 'right' way to perform an action research project and advise you how to choose an approach that is appropriate for your particular interests and circumstances. Doing Action Research in Early Childhood Studies is an essential resource for students and practitioners of early childhood studies.

Parents and Professionals in Early Childhood Settings

Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies: Applying Post-Structural Ideas (Contesting Early Childhood)

The theories and analyses of post-structural thinkers such as Michel Foucault can seem a long way from practice in early childhood services. In recent years, however, many early childhood researchers and practitioners have found this work important and this fascinating book brings together a range of research and case-studies showing how teachers and researchers have brought post-structuralism to the classroom. The book covers such issues as:  becoming post-structurally reflective about truth mapping classroom meanings tactics of rhizoanalysis becoming again in critically-knowing communities. Case-studies and examples taken from real situations are used and will be of interest to anyone studying or researching early childhood practice and policy.

Routledge

The theories and analyses of post-structural thinkers such as Michel Foucault can seem a long way from practice in early childhood services. In recent years, however, many early childhood researchers and practitioners have found this work important and this fascinating book brings together a range of research and case-studies showing how teachers and researchers have brought post-structuralism to the classroom. The book covers such issues as: <ul>
<li>becoming post-structurally reflective about truth</li> <li>mapping classroom meanings</li> <li>tactics of rhizoanalysis</li> <li>becoming again in critically-knowing communities.</li>
</ul>
Case-studies and examples taken from real situations are used and will be of interest to anyone studying or researching early childhood practice and policy.

Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies: Applying Post-Structural Ideas

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Doing Early Childhood Research: Theory and Practice

Doing Action Research in Early Childhood Studies

Doing Action Research in Early Childhood Studies

Parents and Professionals in Early Childhood Settings

Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies: Applying Post-Structural Ideas (Contesting Early Childhood)

Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies: Applying Post-Structural Ideas (Contesting Early Childhood)

Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies: Applying Post-Structural Ideas