Quality improvement and leadership bibliography

  • Campbell-Barr, V. & Leeson, C. (2016) Quality and leadership in the early years. Research, theory and practice. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
  • Carol Archer & Siraj, I. (2017) Movement Environmental Rating Scale (MOVERS) for 2-to-6-year-olds provision. Improving physical development through movement and physical activity. London: UCL IOE Press.
  • Centre for Research in Early Childhood (2021) Babies’ Effective Early Learning.
  • Cook, J. (2013) Leadership and management in the early years. London: Practical Preschool.
  • Dahlberg, G., Moss, P. & Pence, A. (2013) Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care: Languages of evaluation. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Department for Children Schools and Families (2008) Early Years Quality Improvement Support Programme (EYQISP). Nottingham: DCSF Publications.
  • Department for Education and Skills (2005) Key Elements of Effective Practice. Norwich: HMSO.
  • Harms, T., Clifford, R. & Cryer, D. (2005) Early childhood environment rating scale. New York: Teachers College Press.
  • Harms, T., Cryer, D. & Clifford, R. (2007) Farmily child care environment rating scale. New York: Teachers College Press.
  • Laevers, F. (no date) The project Experiential Education: Concepts and experiences at the level of context, process and outcome. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Centre for Experiential Education.
  • Moss, P., Dahlberg, G. & Pence, A. (2000) ‘Getting beyond the problem with quality’. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal,, 8 (2),pp. 103-115.
  • Ofsted (2008) Early years Leading to excellence. London: Ofsted.
  • Ofsted (2013) Getting it right first time. Achieving and maintaining high-quality early years provision. Manchester: Ofsted.
  • Siraj, I., Kingston, D. & Melhuish, E. (2015) Assessing quality in early childhood education and care. Sustained shared thinking and emotional wellbeing (SSTEW) Scale for 2-5-year-olds provision. London: IOE Press. Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I. & Taggart, B. (2010) ECERS-E: The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Curricular Extension to ECERS-R. London: Trentham Books Ltd.

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