Research Methods for Early Childhood Education

Rosie Flewitt is Reader in Early Communication and Literacy in the Department of Learning and Leadership at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK.Lynn Ang is Reader in Early Childhood in the Department of Learning and Leadership at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK.

This book is novel. Written at a time when we need innovative approaches to the study of young children's lives, and during a period with a welcome and increased focus on childhoods in not just rich but also low and middle income countries. The book reflects critically on ECEC research methods of the past and likely future avenues connecting conceptualisations of childhood and young children with a wide range of research methodologies in ECEC. One of the book’s strengths is the fascinating vignettes of research in small and large-scale studies of diverse childhoods in the global north and south.

• AcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorsList of Figures Glossary of Research Methods and ApproachesSeries Editor’s ForewordIntroduction Part I: Cross-Cutting Themes1. Conceptualizing Early Education in a Global Context2. Ethics and Early Childhood Research3. Reviewing Literature as a MethodologyPart II: Early Childhood Education Research Methods in Context4. Participatory Research with Young Children5. Participatory Research with Adults6. Ethnographic Research in Early Childhood Education7. Multimodal Perspectives on Early Childhood Education8. Mixed Methods in Early Childhood Education Research9. Experimental Research and Randomized Control TestsConclusionReferencesIndex