The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Verity's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Verity
I am a Professor in Early Childhood Education, specialising in the quality of early childhood education, particuarly the role and place of the workforce in driving quality and the imporatnce of a child-centred curriculum. I teach on the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies, the MA Education and the EdD, along with supporting PhD students.Ìý
Recent projects include:
Prior to these, I was a European Research Fellow in the Faculty of Child and Adult Education at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. Whilst in Hungary I conducted a research project on the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudinal Competences for Quality Early Childhood Education and Care.
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Supervised Research Degrees
Mehmet Mart - A Comparison of English and Turkish Early Years Kindergarten Teachers' Understandings of and Practices in Outdoor Activities
Louise Webber -ÌýMature Women and Higher Education: Reconstructing Identity and Family Relationships
Kathrin Paal - Learning a(l)lot - The impact of school gardening on pre-schoolers´ environmental attitudes, behaviour, and knowledge
Ramazan Merk -ÌýThe effects of school policies regarding inclusive education on early childhood teacher’s beliefs and practices: A multiple case study in England
oÌýÌý Sasha Tregenza-May – October 2021 – December 2024 (PhD) - A critical investigation using the Mosaic Approach to identify children’s (3-4 years old) perceptions of learning and how this might relate to the entanglement of existing philosophical concepts within early childhood education and care
oÌýÌý Maria Presley – October 2021 – present (PhD) Parental experiences of the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process through an arts-based methodology
oÌýÌý Hayley Fisher- January 2021 – present (EdD) - How do the previous learning experiences of early years educators contribute to the transformation of their professional identity?
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