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 teacherÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™s beliefs and practices: A multiple case study in England
oÌýÌý Sasha Tregenza-May ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ October 2021 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ December 2024 (PhD) - A critical investigation using the Mosaic Approach to identify childrenÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™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 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ October 2021 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ present (PhD) Parental experiences of the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process through an arts-based methodology
oÌýÌý Hayley Fisher- January 2021 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ present (EdD) - How do the previous learning experiences of early years educators contribute to the transformation of their professional identity?
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