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Wong, Sandie; Sumsion, Jennifer – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2013
This article reports on the findings of a thematic review of research literature about integrated early years services (IEYS) [1995-2012]. Four themes are discussed: broad support for IEYS; critiques of claims about IEYS; a focus on inter-professional practice; and the challenge of evaluating IEYS. The article concludes with reflections concerning…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Early Childhood Education, Literature Reviews, Attitudes
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Lofthouse, Rachel; Flanagan, Jo; Wigley, Bibiana – Educational Action Research, 2016
The development of pedagogies to meet the needs of diverse communities can be supported through inter-professional practice development. This article explores one such experience, that of speech and language therapists developing a new video-based coaching approach for teachers and teaching assistants in multi-cultural settings with high numbers…
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Models, Research Methodology
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Payler, Jane Katherine; Georgeson, Janet – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2013
This paper reports on case study research in the UK analysing the participation of early years staff in interprofessional practice to provide effective care and education for children, primarily those with special educational needs. Even though case study staff in different "outstanding" settings had equivalent qualifications and similar…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Caregiver Training, Interprofessional Relationship, Early Childhood Education
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Bagley, Carl – Journal of Education Policy, 2011
Discourses within the UK Labour government's welfare policy agenda have consistently featured a reformulation of programmatic governance away from both centralised hierarchies and neo-liberal markets to a social policy strategy that highlights a commitment to inclusive partnership working. Significantly, this process of meaningful social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrative Organization, Organizational Change, Social Capital