Dawn Jones’ and team’s research unexpectedly unveiled the use of scrapbooks as a new methodological approach to action research within practice as well as research studies. Dawn proposes that scrapbooks could provide a rich collection of documented evidence to support both the inspection framework and the EYFS outcomes.

Read Dawn’s article here:

https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/scrapbooks-as-a-methodological-and-practice-based-tool/

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If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like to take a listen to and read Dawn’s previous episodes and articles:

What do children have to say about their environment?

-      https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/what-do-children-have-to-say-about-their-environment/

Problematising behaviour management systems

-      https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/problematising-behaviour-management-systems/

Episode break down:

00:00 – Research context 09:00 – Scrapbooks as a listening tool 11:00 – Slowing down as a researcher and educator 14:00 – A collaborative tool for practice 21:00 – Empowering students to make an impact 25:00 – Scrapbooks as an analytical tool 30:00 – Scrapbooks for aiding inspection processes 32:30 – Collaborative tool and aiding joint observations 35:00 – Developmentally appropriate documentation 40:00 – Not having complete control as educator 44:00 – Slowing down, pondering and wallowing 46:30 – Accessibility of research

For more episodes and articles visit The Voice of Early Childhood website: https://www.thevoiceofearlychildhood.com