Respectful Educators - Capable Learners

Cathy Nutbrown is President of Early Education and Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Her research over the last 30 years, has focussed on young children’s learning and work with parents to support young children’s literacy development.  She won an ESRC Award for Research with Outstanding Impact on Society and a Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award. She is author of over 150 publications including Early Literacy Work with Families (with Hannon and Morgan, Sage, 2005), Early Childhood Educational Research (Sage, 2019), and Home Learning Environments for Young Children (with Clough, Davies and Hannon, Sage, 2022).

• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - Gerison LansdownProgress in the United Kingdom Inspection of Early Years in Schools - Jean EnsingLanguage, Culture and Difference - Iram Siraj-BlatchfordChallenging Inequality and Promoting RespectChoices in Learning - Wendy ScottWide Eyes and Open Minds - Cathy NutbrownObserving, Assessing and Respecting Children’s Early AchievementsChildren with Special Educational Needs - Elaine Herbert and Jenny MoirA Collaborative and Inclusive Style of WorkingDo We Train Our Early Childhood Educators to Respect Children? - Audrey CurtisParents and Early Childhood Educators - Kath HirstWorking Together for Children’s RightsTheir Right to Play - Tricia DavidQuestions for Respectful Educators - Cathy Nutbrown

`This text is recommended unreservedly; it should be on the bookshelves of all early childhood workers′ - Curriculum