The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Verity's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Verity
I am a Professor in Early Childhood Education and Director of Plymouth Institute of Education. I teach on the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies, the MA Education and the EdD, along with supporting PhD students.Â
I am an active researcher, currently undertaking a project exploring Child-centred Diversity in Quality Early Childhood Education and care , which has been extended to look at developing a child-centred competences framework. I am also the Principal Investigator on a project looking at graduate qualifications for working in Early Childhood Educations and Care in England and another looking at childminder sustainability.
Prior to this I was a European Research Fellow in the Faculty of Child and Adult Education at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. Whilst in Hungary I conducted a research project on the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudinal Competences for Quality Early Childhood Education and Care.
Supervised Research Degrees
Mehmet Mart - A Comparison of English and Turkish Early Years Kindergarten Teachers' Understandings of and Practices in Outdoor Activities
Louise Webber -Â Mature Women and Higher Education: Reconstructing Identity and Family Relationships
Current Students:
Tom Cowan -Â The identification of dispositions and their contribution towards ITE and future primary school teachers
Kathrin Paal - Learning a(l)lot - The impact of school gardening on pre-schoolers´ environmental attitudes, behaviour, and knowledge
Ramazan Merk - The effects of school policies regarding inclusive education on early childhood teacher’s beliefs and practices: A multiple case study in England
Clare Colton -Â An exploration into the language of social work and how this develops in social work students: Is it the language of power?
