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 from the home and early years settings. The stories are centred around real life for children, families and workers and offer practical ideas and support for early years students around the world. They engage in some of the most current debates in early childhood education today, such as:











how to support children as individuals







how young children learn and how parents support their learning







how to lead and facilitate change in a way that does not take power away from children, parents or workers







how to support children in taking risks







how to support parents in returning to learning.








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