Understanding Research in Early Education

Abstract

Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1. Language and the Homes of Young Children 1. The Language of Young Children: Perceptions in 1970s and their continuing relevance 2. Research Evidence on Language and the Homes of Young Children - Looking back and looking forward Part 2. Research in Preschool Units: What lessons can we learn? 3. Studies in Preschool Units: Researches in 1970s and 1980s set in context 4. Studies of Preschool Education in Scotland: Lessons from the past 5. Language and Interaction in Preschool Units: Looking back and looking forward Part 3. Continuity, Communication and Learning in Early Education 6. Research Studies on Transition and Continuity in Early Education: Lessons from the past 7. Communication in the Early Education of Children from Different Ethnic Backgrounds: Part 1 of a DES funded study 8. Reception Classrooms as Contexts for Learning: Part 2 of a DES funded study Part 4. What Can We Learn from Children Who Succeed? 9. Reading and Learning to Read 10. Young Fluent Readers and Children with Difficulties: Two contrasting research approaches 11. Better Beginnings References Appendices