Course Catalogue

To provide students with appropriate skills and understanding to initiate, design, conduct and report an early childhood studies research project that is either empirical based research or library-based research under appropriate supervision with a high degree of competence, and demonstrate a highly developed ability to

recognise its theoretical, practical and methodological implications and limitations

To be aware of the complexity of ethical principles and issues, and demonstrate this in relation to the study.
To have a highly developed ability to recognise and challenge inequalities in society and to embrace an anti-bias approach and in doing so develop the ability to give voice to and where appropriate act as an advocate for babies, young children, families and communities.

Students will explore a range of topic content that will include, but not be limited to the following:

Identifying a personal area of interest within the field of early childhood and developing appropriate research questions for research purposes
Developing appropriate critical reflective skills
Searching and retrieval: literary sources, databases, statistics and archives Research methods appropriate for young children (where appropriate)
Gaining ethics approval in line with LJMU and an awareness of BERA / ECEERA Critical analysis in writing and presenting a dissertation

Appropriate data analysis and evaluation skills (qualitative and quantitative) Drawing appropriate conclusions and making recommendations
Reflecting critically on own practice with children (where appropriate) Independent learning and self-management skills.