1st Edition

Improving Your Reflective Practice through Stories of Practitioner Research

Edited By Cath Arnold Copyright 2012
216 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Improving Your Reflective Practice through Stories of Practitioner Research shows how research has informed and created effective and valuable reflective practice in early years education, and offers depth to the arguments for a research-orientated stance to this vital field of study. This thought-provoking text explores and documents a variety of small-scale practitioner research projects... Read more

Introduction Cath Arnold  1. Treasuring Millie: Millie’s Use of Treasure Baskets Elaine Grant  2. One Child’s Use of a Story as a Transitional Object Gina Goody  3. Young Children’s Use of Digital Cameras to Share Home at Nursery: Bridges of Shared Understanding Clare Knight  4. ‘Is Breaking a Leg just Another Experience?’ – Using Video to gain a Bi-cultural Perspective of Risk-Taking in the Natural Environment Suzanne Taylor  5. How can we provide an optimal learning environment for young children’s imaginative play? David Westmore  6. Knowing Individual Children Through Involving Their Parents Janette Harcus  7. Acorns to Oaks: Growing Leadership in Community Nurseries Ana Sevilla  8. Effective Leadership, Effective Learning – It’s All About Relationships Gill Allen  9. Learning to return: What supports adults to return to learning? Anne Gladstone  Conclusion Cath Arnold

Biography

Cath Arnold is an Early Years Consultant and leads the MA in Integrated Provision for Children and Families in the Early Years at the renowned Pen Green Research Base, UK.