Research Around the World

I chose to explore available research from European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA).  European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) is an independent, self-governing, international association which promotes and disseminates multi-disciplinary research one early childhood and its applications to policy and practice.

            Some current international research topics include Birth to Three, Equity and Respect for Diversity, Leadership and Integration, Leadership Mentoring for Early Years Services, Learning and Participation, Mathematics Birth to Eight Years, Outdoor Play and Learning, Professionalism in Early Childhood education and Care, Transitions, Young Children’s Perspectives, and Working with Parents and Families.

The purpose of Birth to Three Special Interests Group (SIG) is bringing together international perspectives on children birth to three to promote the well-being of children birth to three, and their families, explore and debate emerging curricula and pedagogy, in relation to children birth to three, strengthen understanding of integrated services for children and their families. 

The principal aims of (EECERA) are to provide a relevant academic forum in Europe for the promotion, development and dissemination of high quality research into early childhood education, to facilitate collaboration and cooperation  between European researchers in this field and the wider early childhood community across the world, to encourage the learn articulation and communication of the links between research, practice and policy, to offer interaction, development and support to those interested in early childhood education, and to raise the visibility and status of European research in early childhood education throughout the world.

Reference

European Early Childhood Education Research Association. Retrieved from

http://www.eecera.org