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This month’s post is written by Dr Jackie Musgrave, Associate Head of School (ECYS) for Learning and Teaching A recent tweet from EdPsychEd (@EdPsychEd) has really made me wonder if we are losing sight of the importance of physical activity … Continue reading →

Happy New Year everyone! This month the post is written by Professor Natalia Kucirkova of The Open University Good books enable us to better understand others as well as ourselves. Children’s books are the first encounter young readers have in … Continue reading →

By Dr Sarah Jane Mukherjee (The Open University) and Dr Lucía Bugallo (CONICET-Universidad del Comahue, Argentina) Research into how children conceive of significant aspects of their lives offers insights into their understanding of the world and importantly the way in … Continue reading →

This month our post is written by Karen Horsley (lecturer, Early Childhood) and Jill Robertson (Associate lecturer, Early Childhood)   Picture this, what if your challenge was to create an original recipe for modern childhood. What ingredients would you choose … Continue reading →

Sarah Jane Mukherjee, Research Associate I’ve been at the OU since 2009 as a distance student, doctoral student, research assistant and tutor, and now I am a postdoctoral research associate.  Alongside working on OU modules, my current research revolves around … Continue reading →

Mrs Eleonora Teszenyi, Lecturer in Early Childhood I joined The Open University in September 2019 and previously taught on both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees including the Masters programme in Early Years. Before entering Higher Education, I had worked in the … Continue reading →

At this time of year, we like to introduce the team so that you can get to know us a bit better. There have been a few changes since last year…. Professor Jane Payler, Professor of Education (Early Years)   … Continue reading →

This month our post is written by Kathleen Davies, one of our Early Childhood students. Thank you Kathleen; although you wrote it in Spring, we are sure that students and tutors alike will be able to relate to your metaphor … Continue reading →

by SarahJane Mukherjee Concerns remain high about the impact of the pandemic on children’s education, and initiatives to assist children in ‘catch up’ remain under the spotlight. However, as we emerge from this latest period of lockdown, PlayFirstUK, a group … Continue reading →

To round up our final reports from the recently attended ‘Bicycles, Bricks, Vision & Determination’ conference run by Sightlines, here are  reflections from Jackie Musgrave, Karen Horsley and Lucy Rodriguez-Leon. You will gather from reading their feedback that the conference … Continue reading →