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Froebelian Leadership

Keywords:

Children's perspectives

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Community

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Froebel

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Outdoors

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PI 2023-24

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Practitioner research

Froebelian Leadership project undertaken in early 2023.

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Achieving Sustained Focus on Planting and Growing within the Setting

Keywords:

Ecology

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Environment

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Gardens

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Health and wellbeing

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Nature

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PI 2023-24

A collaborative study on how practitioners can encompass a whole year focus on growing through all seasons not just spring and summer but also the ...

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Developing Froebelian Principles within the Staff Team

Keywords:

Froebel

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PI 2023-24

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Planning

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Practitioner research

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Training

A small scale research study into how the Froebelian Childhood Practice award held by senior staff has impacted general practice within the staff team.

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Valuing Artistic Exploration and Process in Children’s Creativity

Keywords:

Arts

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Creativity

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Environment

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Expressive arts

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Observation

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PI 2023-24

A study into how the materials offered to children and the space we use can promote creative exploration. Observation, focus groups and interviews examine what ...

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What enhances the story telling experience for the children and adults?

Keywords:

Behaviour

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Language and oracy

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Literacy

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Participation

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PI 2023-24

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Storytelling

An observation study looking at storytelling in the nursery.

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Froebelian knowledge in Undergraduate University Students

Keywords:

Froebel

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Learning

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PI 2023-24

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Practitioner research

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University of Edinburgh, The

This is a research project that focuses on Undergraduate University Students who study Early Childhood Education and Care. The questions that were asked to the ...

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Relationships matter throughout transitions

Keywords:

Community

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Families

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PI 2023-24

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Practitioner research

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Relationships

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Transitions

The project looked at the ways in which educators support children through transitions from nursery to primary 1 through building positive relationships where children, families ...

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Creating a positive Froebelian learning experience with clay through digital family learning

Keywords:

Behaviour

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Clay

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Families

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Froebel

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Learning

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PI 2023-24

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Practitioner research

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Technology

An observational family learning study carried out over three sessions to determine if a positive Froebelian experience using clay with Primary 1 children and their ...

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Freedom to Learn

Keywords:

Adult role

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Behaviour

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Child-led

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Freedom with guidance

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Froebel

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PI 2023-24

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Practitioner research

This study looks at practitioners understanding of Froebel’s principle Freedom with Guidance with a view to develop a more consistent approach in our Early Years ...

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Friendly Fire

Keywords:

Adult role

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Behaviour

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Children's perspectives

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Free play

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Observation

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PI 2023-24

This project is a study of how practitioner and parental views of war and weapon play impact on how this type of play is accommodated ...

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Understanding children’s perspectives through Froebelian Principle Practice.

Keywords:

Behaviour

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Children's perspectives

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Froebel

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Observation

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Participation

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PI 2023-24

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Practitioner research

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Relationships

An observation study of how staff understand and support non-verbal children’s perspectives through the freedom with guidance approach.

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Capturing Uniqueness: How Learning Stories Shape Individuality

Keywords:

Behaviour

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Families

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Inclusion

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Learning

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Observation

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Participation

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PI 2023-24

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Practitioner research

This project aims to observe how enhancing the knowledge and skills of practitioners in creating learning stories, captures and nurtures the uniqueness of the child.

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