Researching Early Childhood Education

European Perspectives
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-85396-356-8
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

`Provides a useful overview of developments in early childhood education research in the countries included and interesting comparative data for further study and analysis. It should prove a useful resource book for the growing number of early childhood professionals and practitioners identified in the book, who are contributing to or have the potential to contribute to research in this field'- International Journal of Early Years Education

Providing an overview of early childhood education research, the contributors to to this book provide information on: who undertakes research; where findings are published; their impact on the field; levels of research funding; and links between researchers. The book highlights the main research agendas of the respective countries, and includes a special chapter on the strengths, weaknesses and future of comparative research in education. This book is written by leading representatives of the field of early childhood education and research in eight European Countries - Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdon. It builds on the earlier publication edited by Tricia David, Educational Provision for Our Youngest Children: European Perspectives, which provided information about early childhood education systems and their histories in different countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

David, Tricia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Tricia David
Researching Early Childhood Education in Europe
Comparative Research - Helen Penn
A Way Forward?
Early Childhood Education Research In Denmark - Stig Brostr[um]om and Karin Vilien
Early Childhood Education Research in France - Sylvie Rayna and Eric Plaisance
Early Childhood Education Research in Greece - Alkistis Kondoyianni
Early Educational Research in Ireland - N[ac]oir[ac]in Hayes
Young Children Learning - Malgorzata Karwowska-Struczyk
Research in Poland
Early Childhood Education - Teresa Aguado and Rosaria Jiminez Frias
Research in Spain
Positions in Swedish Child Pedagogical Research - Ulla Lind
From Child Development to the Development of Early Education Research - Tricia David
The UK Scene

Über Autor(innen)

David, Tricia
Tricia David is a Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church College, where she directs the Centre for International Studies in Early Childhood. She is a past president of OMEP-UK (OMEP is the World Organization for Early Childhood Education) and she is currently a member of BERA ( British Educational Research Associaton) Council and the editor of the International Journal of Early Childhood.

CONTRIBUTORSAFFILIATIONS:

Teresa Aguado Universidad Nacional a Distancia, Madrid

Stig Brostrom Royal Danish School of Educational Studies

Noirin Hayes Dublin Institute of Technology

Rosario Jimenez-Frias Universidad Nacional a Distancia, Madrid

Malgorzata Karwowska-Struczyk Poland

Alkistis Kondoyianni Ministry of Education, Athens

Ulla Lind Stockholm Institute of Education

Helen Penn Institute of Education, London

Eric Plaisance Universite Rene Descartes, Paris V

Sylvie Rayne Institut National de Recherche Pedagogique, Paris

Karin Vilien Educational Consultant, Copenhagen