Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education
About the Book Series
This series provides a platform for researchers to present their latest research and discuss key issues in Early Childhood Education.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Theorising the Quiet Power of Forest School: A Posthuman Framing of Regular, Repeated, Unstructured Practice in Nature
1st Edition
By Joanna Hume
January 22, 2026
This highly novel volume reframes the popular, yet sorely under-theorised international education movement known as forest school, offering an interdisciplinary framework with which to set apart forest school from other outdoor education programmes and child-led pedagogies. By broadly defining ...
Nature, Spirituality, and Early Childhood Education: Fostering Children’s Awareness and Responsibility through Outdoor Learning
1st Edition
By Ruth Wills
November 28, 2025
This novel volume delves into a specific and crucial aspect of early years pedagogy – the intersection between early childhood education and spirituality, offering tips on nurturing spirituality and a sense of connectedness with nature through outdoor learning. With experience both as a scholar and...
School Children and the Challenge of Managing AI Technologies: Fostering a Critical Relationship through Aesthetic Experiences
1st Edition
Edited
By Emanuela Guarcello, Abele Longo
October 27, 2025
This edited volume recognises the need to cultivate a critical and acute understanding of AI technologies amongst primary and elementary school children, enabling them to meet the challenge of a human- and ethically oriented management of AI technologies. Focusing on school settings from both the ...
Children’s Voice and Agency in Diverse Settings: International Research and Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Mhairi C. Beaton, Anne Burke, Pigga Keskitalo, Tuija Turunen
August 29, 2025
This book outlines the key findings from the ADVOST project and other international projects that examine how educational practitioners have utilised theoretical notions of voice and agency to enhance the social inclusion and wellbeing of children within their settings. Bringing together findings ...
An Emergent Curriculum for the Early Years in Malta: Stories of Professional and Pedagogical Transformation
1st Edition
By Charmaine Bonello, Anna Baldacchino, Carmen Dalli
December 31, 2024
This book charts the firsthand experiences and challenges faced by Maltese early childhood educators in the implementation of a novel approach to the curriculum: the replacement of a prescriptive curricula with one co-constructed by the educator and the child. Chapters provide seven contextualised,...
School Children as Agents of Change: Raising up Critical Thinking and Judgement in the Early Years
1st Edition
Edited
By Emanuela Guarcello, Abele Longo
December 19, 2024
This edited volume promotes the capacity for critical thinking and judgement in primary school-aged children in the face of the challenges that schools encounter in today’s society. Foregrounding critical thinking and judgement as essential capacities for children to develop, each chapter offers a ...
International Perspectives on Educating for Democracy in Early Childhood: Recognizing Young Children as Citizens
1st Edition
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By Stacy Lee DeZutter
October 07, 2024
This book brings together established and emerging scholars from around the globe to highlight new directions for research on young children as active, engaged citizens of classrooms. Divided into three sections, the volume draws on innovative methods to explore diverse conceptualizations of ...
The Glocalization of Early Childhood Curriculum: Global Childhoods, Local Curricula
1st Edition
By Philip Hui Li, Jennifer J. Chen
August 26, 2024
With empirical evidence and theoretical critique, this book unveils the myths and debates (e.g., child-centeredness versus teacher-directedness) about early childhood curricula, revealing their unique social, cultural, and historical roots. Analyzing globally advocated early childhood curricula and...
Play Therapy and Expressive Arts in a Complex and Dynamic World: Opportunities and Challenges Inside and Outside the Playroom
1st Edition
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By Isabella Cassina, Claudio Mochi, Karen Stagnitti
May 27, 2024
This book offers cutting-edge expertise and knowledge in new and developing play therapy, therapeutic play, and expressive arts for families and children in crisis and challenging situations. The book focuses on the use of play therapies in complex and dynamic situations such as pandemics, ...
Decisions and Dilemmas of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education
1st Edition
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By Anne Keary, Janet Scull, Susanne Garvis, Lucas Walsh
January 29, 2024
This book examines the methodological decisions made by researchers working in early childhood contexts. Viewed from a researcher’s perspective, each chapter explores the journey of the researcher, capturing their decision-making processes in early childhood research. Through themes such as the ...
Early Childhood Education in Germany: Exploring Historical Developments and Theoretical Issues
1st Edition
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By Bianca Bloch, Melanie Kuhn, Marc Schulz, Wilfried Smidt, Ursula Stenger
May 31, 2023
This book draws on the perspectives of leading German scholars to provide a systematic overview of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Germany, furthering international understanding of the complexities involved in ECEC topics in Germany. The book provides a unique insight into parts of ...
Early Childhood Teachers‘ Professional Competence in Mathematics
1st Edition
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By Simone Dunekacke, Aljoscha Jegodtka, Thomas Koinzer, Katja Eilerts, Lars Jenßen
May 31, 2023
This edited volume presents cutting-edge research on the professional competence of early childhood mathematics teachers. It considers professional knowledge, motivational-affective dispositions, skills and performance in early childhood mathematics and outlines future fields of research in this ...