Early childhood educational research : issues in methodology and ethics

Provision of education for children under five has recently become a political concern. At the same time, this relatively small field has been attracting increased research attention, with many early years practitioners seeking routes to initial and higher degrees. This book offers essential guidance for researchers and newcomers to the field, outlining opportunities in research as well as useful, sensitive and appropriate methods for researching childhood education.

List of tables	p. vii
List of figures	p. viii
List of abbreviations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Part I Changing concepts and methods in early years education research	p. 1
1 Researching early childhood education	p. 3
2 Constructing childhoods	p. 20
3 Research paradigms: ways of seeing	p. 29
4 Forms of observation: measurement and analysis	p. 43
Part II Early childhood education: changing research practice	p. 63
5 Early childhood research prior to 1985	p. 65
6 Early childhood education research in a time of change	p. 80
Part III Early childhood education research in action	p. 97
7 Multilevel modelling: a case study on mathematics performance	p. 99
8 Ethnography for early childhood settings	p. 111
Part IV Current policy, perspectives and practice in the field	p. 141
9 Roles, responsibilities and relationships	p. 143
10 Ethical issues	p. 156
11 A Canterbury tale: the researcher's inside story	p. 169
12 Policy and practice: the hand that rocks the cradle	p. 182
13 Current theoretical perspectives: directions for the future?	p. 197
Appendix 1	p. 210
Appendix 2	p. 216
Appendix 3	p. 217
Appendix 4	p. 218
References	p. 219
Index	p. 237

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