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Huser, Carmen; Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Participatory, rights-based methodologies in childhood studies have explored conditions that realise children's rights to participation. One avenue of investigation has been to explore assent procedures that respect children's rights to make informed decisions about participation. Less attention has been directed towards the ways in which children…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Informed Consent, Children, Childrens Rights
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Egilsson, Björn Rúnar; Dockett, Sue; Einarsdóttir, Jóhanna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Interpretation in cross-language qualitative research presents a range of methodological and ethical challenges. Among these are the interpreters' influence on data generation and interview power dynamics. Having translators review and/or produce an independent translation of recorded interview material for comparative purposes is regarded as one…
Descriptors: Translation, Ethics, Language Processing, Preschool Education
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Perry, Bob; Dockett, Sue – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
Over the last 20 years, the authors have utilised Bronfenbrenner's ecological and bioecological models as a basis for their work investigating children's transition to school, including the place of mathematics learning in this transition. The later bioecological model gave increased emphasis to the role of the individual within contexts, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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Huser, Carmen; Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
Policymakers, researchers and educators around the world have acknowledged the importance of children's transition to school, both as a significant life event and as a factor in future engagement with education. As a result, much attention has been directed towards researching transition experiences, developing policies to support positive…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, School Readiness, Transitional Programs, Articulation (Education)
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Turunen, Tuija A.; Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
This article reports on methodological issues in the study of autobiographical narratives about transition to school within a life course approach. The data consist of 89 Australian participants' recollections of starting school between 1928 and 1995. These narratives are considered as life reviews and part of the story of "continuing…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Personal Narratives, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology
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Perry, Bob; Dockett, Sue – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
The first part of this article reports a project in which children were consulted about ways to improve transition to school. Children from 14 schools and prior-to-school settings collaborated with their peers and teachers to plan, implement and document transition to school. Children attending school reflected on their own experiences while…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cooperative Planning, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten