Research Papers
Gardening in Schools: A vital tool for children’s learning
Wednesday 07. of July 2010By: RHS
New research published by the RHS shows as well as helping children lead happier, healthier lives today, gardening helped them acquire the esential skills they need to fulfill their potential in a rapidly-changing world and make...
Sally Blythe's Comments on Daily Mail article
Wednesday 23. of June 2010The article on 9th November 2009, “youngsters losing hand co-ordination” comes as no surprise, but the issue of young children not knowing whether they are left or right handed at the time of school entry is only the tip of the...
Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications
Tuesday 23. of September 2008By: W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D.
National Institute for Early Education Research Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Opening Their Treasures, They Offered Him Gifts
Saturday 02. of August 2008By: Carey Morning, BSc. M.A.
This article is about the initial phase of a continuing development project at a residential school for boys in Scotland...
From research to design: Perspectives on early years and digital technologies
Friday 01. of August 2008By: Future Lab
The three papers in this publication represent our progress in this ongoing conversation – they present the early arguments developing within the two PhD projects, but also the wider issues that these projects are raising for the...
The School Fringe: What Pupils Buy and Eat from Shops
Wednesday 23. of July 2008By: Sarah Sinclair & JT Winkler
A small piece of research looking at what pupils buy and eat during school hours.
Play and Exercise in Early Years: Physically active play in early childhood provision
Sunday 01. of June 2008By: Louca-Mai Brady, Jennifer Gibb, Amanda Henshall and Jane Lewis, NCB
The research focuses on the extent to which young children, from birth to five years old, are involved in physically active play whilst in early childhood provision.