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...children can respond to the climate crisis alongside non-human creatures and the material world around them...[Young child on a woodland path] If you work in childcare or education, it’s likely that at some point in your career you’ve grappled with recycling systems and had conversations about ‘saving the environment’. You may be making connections with nature by...

...children. Evidence may come from research, that is researchers studying a phenomenon in a systematic manner, or may be opinions coming from experts and what they believe or have learned in their practice. ‘Expert opinions’ and ‘practitioners’ wisdom’ are often found in online blogs or commentary papers in newspapers. They are the least strong type of evidence...

...children to get older! An example of a cross sectional study is the research we are carrying out as part of OpenLearn's Child of Our Time website. Explore some of the results. 2: Longitudinal studies - a group of children is followed up across time, this could be a relatively short period of several months, or in some cases for decades. As a result, the same children are...

...researcher exploring the hidden senses involved in children’s reading, Natalia Kucirkova, is reconceptualising reading as a full-body experience. This interview explains more...Natalia Kucirkova is a literacy researcher at the University of Stavanger and at The Open University. Natalia studies social justice in early childhood literacy, focusing on the role of...