2. Is 2.5metres squared of
indoor space per child
quality care and education
for infants?
Question:
3. The aim of our research to find out whether infant spaces
provide for children’s individual needs
• Health concepts
• Developmental needs
• Centre values
Key Concepts:
4. • Surveys, A survey is a research method where a large number of
participants arte involved in order to gain generalised information
(Mukherji and Albon, 2010)
• Questionnaires, are designed to find out knowledge, attitudes, values
and experiences on a topic (Mukherji and Albon, 2010)
• Interviews, consists of a range of questions on where the interviewer
aims to gain an in-depth personalised answer from the interviewee
(Mukherji and Albon, 2010)
Chosen Methodology and
Data Collection Methods
5. • What seems to be happening in the data?
• What is not happening in the data?
• What is repeated in the data?
• What information seems to be missing from the data?
• as our research is directed around infants and our chosen
methodology is surveying which involves questionnaires and
interviews this makes verbal communication unachievable
Analysis and Children's’
voice:
6. • Children
• Parents
• Teachers
• Governance and management
• Childcare associations
Stakeholders
7. • Self determination
• Informed consent
• Confidentiality
• Anonimity
• Benificence
• Fair treatment
• Truthfulness and Integrity
• Justice and Te Tiriti O Waitangi
• Debreifing and Disclosure
• Retention of Data
• Negative consequences and issues
Ethical Issues:
8. Through doing research around
infants quality space we are able to
provide early childhood centres
throughout New Zealand with
reliable information around this.
Throughout this research we need to
be aware of the range of ethical
issues surrounding research in early
childhood education.
Conclusion:
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