Ann Farrell, Sharon Lynn Kagan and E. Kay M. Tisdall
Chapter 1: Early Childhood Research: An Expanding Field
PART I: SITUATING EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH
Marisa Morin, Jennifer Glickman and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Chapter 2: Parenting and the Home Environment
Carmen Dalli and E. Jayne White
Chapter 3: Group-Based Early Childhood Education and Care for Under-2-Year-Olds
Bronwen Cohen and Marta Korintus
Chapter 4: Young Children in their Local Communities
PART II: THEORIZING EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH
E. Kay M. Tisdall
Chapter 5: Participation, Rights and ‘Participatory’ Methods
Peter Moss
Chapter 6: Where am I? Position and Perspective in Researching Early Childhood Education
Katrien De Graeve
Chapter 7: Theorizing Identities in Early Childhood
Lesley Anne Gallacher
Chapter 8: Theorizing Young Children’s Spaces
Mary E. Young
Chapter 9: Converting the Science of Early Human Development into Action
Michael Anderson and Corinne Reid
Chapter 10: Theoretical Insights from Neuroscience in Early Childhood Research
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Maria Caridad Araujo, Analia Jaimovich and Yyannú Cruz Aguayo
Chapter 11: Understanding Systems Theory and Thinking
PART III: CONDUCTING EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH
Ann Farrell
Chapter 12: Ethics in Early Childhood Research
Stephen R. Zubrick
Chapter 13: Longitudinal Research: Applications for the Design, Conduct and Dissemination of Early Childhood Research
Kristina Konstantoni and Marlies Kustatscher
Chapter 14: Conducting Ethnographic Research in Early Childhood Research
Jean D. Clandinin, Janice Huber, Jimmy Menon, M. Shaun Murphy and Cindy Swanson
Chapter 15: Narrative Inquiry
Jack Sidnell
Chapter 16: A Conversation Analytic Approach to Research on Early Childhood
Margaret Carr, Bronwen Cowie and Linda Mitchell
Chapter 17: Documentation in Early Childhood Research
Elizabeth Wood
Chapter 18: Understanding Complexity in Play through Interpretivist Research
Gordon Cleveland
Chapter 19: Econometrics and the Study of Early Childhood
PART IV: APPLYING EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH
Sibnath Deb and Anjali Gireesan
Chapter 20: Contexts of Risk and Exploitation
Claire O’Kane
Chapter 21: Children in Conflict Situations
Eugene E. García
Chapter 22: Dual Language Learners
Alan Pence and Emily Ashton
Chapter 23: Early Childhood Research in Africa
Jason C. Yip, Michael H. Levine, Alexis R. Lauricella and Ellen Wartella
Chapter 24: Early Learning and Healthy Development in A Digital Age
Irene Rizzini and Malcolm Bush
Chapter 25: Using Early Childhood Research to Inform and Influence Public Policy
Auma Okwany and Hasina Ebrahim
Chapter 26: Rethinking Epistemology and Methodology in Early Childhood Research in Africa
Nirmala Rao, Jin Sun and Ying Wang
Chapter 27: Cognitive Research in Developing Countries
PART V: CONSIDERING THE FUTURE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH
Helen Penn
Chapter 28: Social and Political Landscapes of Childhood
Jackie Marsh
Chapter 29: Researching Technologies in Children’s Worlds and Futures
Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
Chapter 30: What is the Future of Sustainability in Early Childhood?
Sharon Lynn Kagan, E. Kay M. Tisdall and Ann Farrell
Chapter 31: Future Directions in Early Childhood Research