Early Childhood Education

  1. Critically discuss issues and debates relating to children’s rights in the early years.
  2. Critically discuss policy and research initiatives around supporting families in the early years.
  3. Critically discuss research and theory on ‘race’ in the lives of children and adults in early childhood education.
  4. Critically consider the role of gender in early childhood education.
  5. Critically discuss current debates surrounding children and youth rights and online activism.
  6. With reference to international policy, critically discuss the beliefs, about children and about the purposes of early education, which underpin them.
  7. Critically discuss issues and debates affecting the early years workforce and their implications for practice.