Doing your early years research project: a step-by-step guide

Undertaking a research project can be a daunting task for early years students. This step-by-step guide clearly shows the reader how to organise and structure your project, write a literature review, interpret findings and successfully present their research.

Bringing the whole process to life through practical examples and real case studies, the book is packed with summaries, key points, checklists and discussion topics, encouraging the reader to engage with and reflect on their own work.

The third edition is fully updated to include:

  • New chapters on writing the literature review and structuring the final project Increased coverage of e-research data collection methods
  • New real-life student examples and case studies from the UK and internationally
  • Additional online 'top tips' videos from the author.

This is an essential companion for students on undergraduate and postgraduate early childhood courses, teacher education, nursing, and social sciences. It is also useful for early years practitioners required to carry out small-scale research. 

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Subject(s)Cross curricular
Author(s)Guy Roberts-Holmes
Age4-5
Published2014
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Shelf reference372.2 ROB
ISN/ISBN9781446285930
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8v46

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