Researching Early Childhood Education

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

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