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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECPPL403A Research in Early Childhood Education 1

Prescribed and Recommended Texts

The books and eBooks below are used in the weekly readings:

Doing action research in early childhood studies : a step by step guide (2009) - eBook and book by Glenda MacNaughton; Patrick Hughes
Doing early childhood research (2010) - eBook and book by Glenda MacNaughton, Sharne Rolfe, Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Educational research : quantitative, qualitative and mixed approaches (2019) - Book by Burke Johnson; Larry Christensen
The SAGE handbook of early childhood research (2016) - eBook by Ann Farrell; Sharon L Kagan; E. Kay M. Tisdall

Readings

Boylan, F., Barblett, L., & Knaus, M. (2018). Early childhood teachers’ perspectives of growth mindset: Developing agency in children. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 43(3), 16–24.
https://doi.org/10.23965/AJEC.43.3.02
Brawley, S., & Stormont, M.A. (2014) Investigating reported data practices in early childhood: An exploratory study. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 16(2), 102-111.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1098300713480838
Early Childhood Australia. (2016). Code of ethics [Brochure].
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECA-COE-Brochure-web-2019.pdf
Flannery Quinn, S. M., & Schwartz, K. (2011). Preservice teachers’ perceptions of pedagogic documentation techniques in early childhood teacher preparation. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 32(1), 39-54.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2010.547767
Miller, E. T. (2015). Discourses of whiteness and blackness: An ethnographic study of three young children learning to be white. Ethnography & Education, 10(2), 137-153.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2014.960437
Moore, D. (2014). Interrupting listening to children: Researching with children's secret places in early childhood settings. Australasian Journal Of Early Childhood, 39,(2), 4-11.
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/aeipt.204659
National Health and Medical Research Council. (2018). National statement on ethical conduct in human research: 2007 (Updated May 2018) .
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/publications/national-statement-ethical-conduct-human-research-2007-updated-2018
NSW Department of Education and Training (2010). Action research in education: Guidelines (2nd ed.).
https://aitslforlibraries.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/4/9/23497432/action_resaerch_in_education.pdf
NSW Education Standards Authority. (2018, January). Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: Teacher accreditation (Rev.ed.).
https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/teacher-accreditation/meeting-requirements/the-standards
O’Connor, A., Nolan, A., Bergmeier, H., Williams-Smith, J., & Skouteris, H. (2018). Early childhood educators’ perceptions of parent-child relationships: A qualitative study. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 43(1), 4-15.
https://doi.org/10.23965/AJEC.43.1.01
Roberts, S. K., Crawford, P. A., & Hickmann, R. (2010). Teacher research as a robust and reflective path to professional development. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 31(3), 258-275.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2010.500557
Souto-Manning, M. (2012).Teacher as researcher: Teacher action research in teacher education. Childhood Education, 88(1), 54-56.
Tillett, V., & Wong, S. (2018). An investigative case study into early childhood educators’ understanding about ‘belonging.’ European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 26(1), 37-49.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2018.1412016