Newer evidence for EYFS is scrutinised for review

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 3 December 2009

Research to re-evaluate the evidence used in developing the Early Years Foundation Stage is underway, ahead of the review of the EYFS next year.

The research, carried out for the DCSF by the Department of Education, University of Oxford and Westminster Institute of Education at Oxford Brookes University, concentrates on studies published since 2000. This is in order to update the sources of evidence on which the EYFS is based. It analyses research into cognitive, social, emotional and brain development for children from birth to five, and how this links with the areas of learning and development in the EYFS,...

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