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Research Round-Up 1981-2011, Anne Cusick
Research Round-Up 1981-2011, Anne Cusick
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Closing keynote address from the Occupational Therapy Australia 24th National Conference and Exhibition, 29 June - 1 July 2011, Gold Coast, Australia
Early Years Research And Policy, Edward Melhuish
Early Years Research And Policy, Edward Melhuish
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Presentation made at The 9th Meeting of the OECD Network on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) - "Family and Community Engagement", 4-5 July 2011, Paris, France.
Early Years Research And Implications For Policymaking: The Uk Experience, Edward Melhuish
Early Years Research And Implications For Policymaking: The Uk Experience, Edward Melhuish
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Why should we focus on the early years? One reason is the accumulation of evidence that indicates that the child's experience in the early years has profound consequences for later life. There are now many studies that present a consistent picture indicating that adversity in early life, such as frequently accompanies child poverty, is linked to: poor adult mental and physical health , adult mortality, anti‐social and criminal behaviour, substance abuse and poor literacy and academic achievement.
Policy Research As Critical Praxis, Pauline M. Mcguirk
Policy Research As Critical Praxis, Pauline M. Mcguirk
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
In responding to Woods and Gardner's (2011) article, this piece positions policy research as a potentially rich site for critical praxis. It works through the possibilities around (i) negotiating the politics of policy research; (ii) the iterative and hybrid nature of policy research; and (iii) the internally differentiated nature of states. While remaining clear-eyed around the limits Woods and Gardner point to that shape collaborative work around policy, the article argues that policy research can be a site where the ethical and normative commitments of a critical agenda can be pursued. This requires that we recognise, first, policy research as …
Early Years Experience And Longer-Term Child Development: Research And Implications For Policymaking, Edward Melhuish
Early Years Experience And Longer-Term Child Development: Research And Implications For Policymaking, Edward Melhuish
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Why should we focus on the early years? One reason is the accumulation of evidence that indicates that the child's experience in the early years has profound consequences for later life. There are now many studies that present a consistent picture indicating that adversity in early life, such as frequently accompanies child poverty, is linked to: poor adult mental and physical health , adult mortality, anti-social and criminal behaviour, substance abuse and poor literacy and academic achievement.