The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 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.
Recent projects include:
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Child-Centred Competences for Early Childhood Education and Care - Early Education
Early years workforce policy in the four UK nations: a comparative analysis - Early Education
A systematic review of early years degrees and employment pathways - Nuffield Foundation
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.
Supervised Research Degrees
Mehmet Mart - A Comparison of English and Turkish Early Years Kindergarten Teachers' Understandings of and Practices in Outdoor Activities
Louise Webber - Mature 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 - The effects of school policies regarding inclusive education on early childhood teacher’s beliefs and practices: A multiple case study in England
o Sasha Tregenza-May – October 2021 – December 2024 (PhD) - A critical investigation using the Mosaic Approach to identify children’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
o Maria Presley – October 2021 – present (PhD) Parental experiences of the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process through an arts-based methodology
o Hayley Fisher- January 2021 – present (EdD) - How do the previous learning experiences of early years educators contribute to the transformation of their professional identity?
