EYITT and Postgraduate Certificate in Leading Early Years Practice graduate goes on to complete an MA Education. I started working at the Hive library in 2012, as a library customer adviser. This was a different career path for me as I had spent many years working in the adult disability support field. I enjoyed everything… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Deborah Jones-Dee
Author: Samantha Sutton-Tsang
A GLASS HALF FULL
Read this new blog from Angela Hodgkins and Alison Prowle as they discuss the importance of Strength-based practice, available from: https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/academic-blog/a-glass-half-full-a-strength-based-hope-inspiring-approach.aspx Hodgkins, A. and Prowle, A. (2023) Strength-based Practice with Children and Families. St Albans: Critical Publishing. Prowle, A. and Hodgkins, A. (2020) Making a Difference with Children and Families: Re-imagining the Role of the Practitioner. London:… Continue reading A GLASS HALF FULL
Graduate Stories: Winner of the Excellence in Professional Practice Award 2023
Tamzin Murphy was nominated for the Head of Institute of Education, Excellence in Professional Practice and was presented this award at the BA(Hons) Early Childhood in Society Graduation in September 2023. The award is in recognition of the important work that students undertake when on placement and the positive impact they can make. Research shows… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Winner of the Excellence in Professional Practice Award 2023
EECERA Conference 2023: Portugal
From Thursday 31st August till Saturday 2nd September 2023, Angela Hodgkins, a senior lecturer from the Department for Children and Families, attended the European Early Childhood Educational Research Association (EECERA) conference. The conference is held annually at a different European city each year, and this year it was in Estoril, Portugal. The conference theme was… Continue reading EECERA Conference 2023: Portugal
Publications and Outputs: Collaborative Multi Professional Working
Hodgkins, A. and Prowle, A. (2023) Strength-based Practice with Children and Families, Critical Publishing. Kubiak, C., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Appleby, K., Kempster, M., Reed, M., Solvason, C. and Thorpe, M. (2015) ‘Brokering boundary encounters’ in Wenger-Trayner, E., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Hutchinson, S., Kubiak, C. and Wenger-Trayner, B. (Eds) Landscapes of Practice, Oxon: Routledge. Solvason, C. (2017)… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Collaborative Multi Professional Working
Publications and Outputs: Leadership
Gallagher, S. (2023) Early Childhood Studies in a Polarised Dystopia: Pedagogy as ethical leadership in education’, in C. Solvason and G. Elliott (eds) Ethics in Education: Contemporary Perspectives on Research, Pedagogy and Leadership, Bradford: Ethics International Press, pp 43-65. Solvason, C. (2020) Building a positive community culture: the role leader collaborations across primary schools… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Leadership
Publications and Outputs: Special Educational Needs
Solvason, C. and Proctor, S. (2021) ‘You have to find the right words to be honest’: nurturing relationships between teachers and parents of children with Special Educational Needs. Support for Learning, 36 (3). pp. 470-485. ISSN 0268-2141. Sutton-Tsang, S. (2022) Valuing Children with Special Educational Needs and Disability. In: Exploring and Celebrating the Early Childhood… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Special Educational Needs
Publications and Outputs: Exploring Practice and the Practitioner’s Voice
Hodgkins, A. (2017) CCE Student Conference, presentation: ‘Practitioners in Crisis: the emotional impact of working with young children’ Hodgkins, A. and Pinches, L. (2017) Students as Academic Partners project presentation, UW Learning and Teaching conference, ‘Attracting more male Students to CCF courses’ Hodgkins, A. and Prowle, A. (2023) Strength-based Practice with Children and Families, Critical… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Exploring Practice and the Practitioner’s Voice
Publications and Outputs: Studying in Higher Education & Practitioner development
Elliot, G., Kadi-Hanifi, K. and Solvason, C. (2018) Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study, London: Sage. Gallagher, S. and Stobbs, N. (2021) ‘Utopia as method with early childhood undergraduates: personal political potential and practitioner power’, Paper presentation at the online conference, Social Pedagogy and Social Education: Here and Now – Creating Hope in Dystopia,… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Studying in Higher Education & Practitioner development
Publications and Outputs: Social Pedagogy
Gallagher, S. and Stobbs, N. (2021) ‘Utopia as method with early childhood undergraduates: personal political potential and practitioner power’, Paper presentation at the online conference, Social Pedagogy and Social Education: Here and Now – Creating Hope in Dystopia, International Online Conference 22-24 June 2021, Thempra and SPA (Social Pedagogy Association Asociación de Pedagogía Social). Gallagher,… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Social Pedagogy