Research Partnerships in Early Childhood Education : Teachers and Researchers in Collaboration

Duncan and Conner demonstrate how collaborative research on early childhood education results in gains for educators, researchers, and children alike. Drawing on examples of successful partnerships from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they set out the successes, struggles, insights, and opportunities that come from such partnerships. How can teachers deepen their understanding of their work? How can researchers make sure their work is grounded in and responsive to community needs? In this assemblage of rich examples of partnership research in early years education, Duncan and Conner set out how early childhood teachers and researchers can work in partnerships that benefit them both. Drawing on examples of successful partnerships from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they tell the stories of the successes, struggles, insights, and opportunities that come from working in such partnerships. Each chapter describes its own political, social, cultural and educational contexts, identifying the importance of complementary and reciprocal expertise required to solve educational puzzles. Through skillful analysis, this volume demonstrates how collaborative research on early childhood education results in gains for educators, researchers, and children alike Front Matter....Pages i-xxix Introduction....Pages 1-10 Re-generating Research Partnerships in Early Childhood Education: A Non-idealized Vision....Pages 11-26 Attunement of Knowledge Forms: The Relational Agency of Researchers, Policy Writers, and Early Childhood Educators....Pages 27-47 Developing Effective Research-Practice Partnerships: Lessons from a Decade of Partnering with Schools in Poor Urban Communities....Pages 49-69 Partnership in Promoting Literacy: An Exploration of Two Studies in Low-Decile Early Childhood Settings in New Zealand....Pages 71-91 Ko koe ki tēna, ko ahau ki tēnei kīwai o te kete: Exploring Collaboration across a Range of Recent Early Childhood Studies....Pages 93-113 An Ongoing Exploration of Uncertainty: Ethical Identities—Ours and Children’s....Pages 115-133 Teacher Reflection in Early Years Partnership Research Projects: But It’s No Use Going Back to Yesterday, because I Was a Different Person Then (Says Alice from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)....Pages 135-152 Conclusion: Research Partnerships in Early Years Education....Pages 153-165 Back Matter....Pages 167-172 "How can teachers deepen their understanding of their work? How can researchers make sure their work is grounded in and responsive to community needs? In this assemblage of rich examples of partnership research in early years education, Duncan and Conner set out how early childhood teachers and researchers can work in partnerships that benefit them both. Drawing on examples of successful partnerships from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they tell the stories of the successes, struggles, insights, and opportunities that come from working in such partnerships. Each chapter describes its own political, social, cultural and educational contexts, identifying the importance of complementary and reciprocal expertise required to solve educational puzzles. Through skillful analysis, this volume demonstrates how collaborative research on early childhood education results in gains for educators, researchers, and children alike"-- Provided by publisher