Early Childhood Educational Research: Issues in Methodology and Ethics

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Tables......Page 8
Figures......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Part I Changing concepts andmethods in early yearseducation research......Page 16
1 Researching early childhoodeducation......Page 18
2 Constructing childhoods......Page 35
3 Research paradigms......Page 44
4 Forms of observation......Page 58
Part II Early childhood education:changing research practice......Page 78
5 Early childhood researchprior to 1985......Page 80
6 Early childhood educationresearch in a time of change......Page 95
Part III Early childhood educationresearch in action......Page 112
7 Multilevel modelling......Page 114
8 Ethnography for earlychildhood settings......Page 126
Part IV Current policy, perspectivesand practice in the field......Page 156
9 Roles, responsibilities andrelationships......Page 158
10 Ethical issues......Page 171
11 A Canterbury tale......Page 184
12 Policy and practice......Page 197
13 Current theoreticalperspectives......Page 212
Appendix 1......Page 225
Appendix 2......Page 231
Appendix 3......Page 232
Appendix 4......Page 233
References......Page 234
Untitled......Page 252