Close up: taking the children's lead in observations

By Dr Jacqui Cousins, early years consultant and family support worker, Nursery World, 6 January 2005

During my research I took the lead from the children to develop research methods that tuned in particularly to those contexts in which they showed curiosity, concentration, creativity or confidence as communicators. As practitioners, we have to tap into our own and others' creativity to ensure that young children's voices are heard. There has to be time to listen and to watch our children develop and learn.

During my research I took the lead from the children to develop research methods that tuned in particularly to those contexts in which they showed curiosity, concentration, creativity or confidence as communicators. As...

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