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Papers and Celebrations
Our reflection, occasional papers, and blogs are all peer reviewed and presented below, you can filter these below. We also use this space to celebrate community achievements and to share those presenters who wrote a paper at our annual conference.
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 15 - The re/constructed role of nursery schools as local community hubs in the current context of austerity.
Dr Kate Hoskins (Brunel University), Dr Alice Bradbury (UCL) and Mr Lewis Fogarty (Brunel University) This paper examines the...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 14 - The significance of children’s play and empowerment: An observation tool.
Natalie Canning, Open University This paper is based on Natalie’s research into children’s play and her subsequent framework for...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 13 - What role do maintained nursery schools play in Early Years sector improvements?
Carla Solvason (University of Worcester), Rebecca Webb and Samantha Sutton-Tsang (University of Sussex) This study, funded by TACTYC, is...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 12 - What is ‘early reading’ for under-threes? A reflection on ‘conversations’ with graduate practitioners in England: A response to Ofsted’s ‘Early reading’ training video
Dr Karen Boardman This paper suggests an alternative approach in supporting under-threes with early reading, which is not focused on...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 11 - ‘Big, Strong and Healthy’? Children, Food and Eating in the Early Years, and the Role Preschools Can Play
Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Open University This paper explores why preschool educators can be key figures in formal and informal pedagogies of...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 10 - ‘Collaborative Quality Improvement’ – A Way Forward for England’s Maintained Nursery Schools?
Julian Grenier This paper explores one possible future for nursery schools: as the leaders of quality improvement for the whole of the...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 9 - Early Years Training and Qualifications in England: Issues for policy and practice.
Professor Jayne Osgood and colleagues This study was commissioned in a quest to map the main issues with which the sector is currently...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 8 - Reception Baseline Assessment
Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes and Dr Alice Bradbury This very topical new Occasional Paper critically analyses the policy context and...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 7 - Relationship based pedagogies with babies and toddlers: Issues from teaching and implications for learning.
Sheila Degotardi Associate Professor in EC Education, Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Australia. Relationships play a...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 6 - Staff Perspectives on Working with Two-year-olds: Preparation, Support and Working Together.
Jan Georgeson, Verity Campbell-Barr (Plymouth University) and Sandra Mathers (Oxford University) This study, commissioned by TACTYC in...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 5 - The Development of Humour and Pretending from Infancy to Three-Years
Dr Elena Hoika Play is an important part of early learning and development. Humour and pretending are two forms of play which have the...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 4 - Quality for Babies and Toddlers in Early Years Settings
Carmen Dalli Achieving quality early childhood services and experiences for children and their families is an overarching goal for...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 3 - Early literacy: A Broader Vision
Dr Rosie Flewitt Literacy lies at the heart of education and has been formally enshrined as a basic human right since the Universal...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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OCCASIONAL PAPER 2 - School Readiness; a Critical Review of Perspectives and Evidence
David Whitebread & Sue Bingham, University of Cambridg The ‘Readiness’ literature review 2011 which we commissioned from Dr. David...
Lewis Fogarty
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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