Projects Research and project library

The Froebel Trust online research library features all our funded early childhood research and practice development projects. You can search the library by keyword, subject and theme.

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Project status - COMPLETED

A life ‘in and with nature?’ An exploration of outdoor provision in baby rooms

Research exploring outdoor provision for children from birth to two attending baby rooms in…
Researcher
Dr Nicola Kemp, Canterbury Christ Church University and Dr Jo Josephidou, Open University
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Project status - COMPLETED

Parent Partnership Project

Drawing upon Froebelian principles to develop ways of working with families and connections…
Researcher
Karen James and Lucy Parker, Ludwick Nursery School
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Project status - COMPLETED

Woodwork at Wester Coates Nursery School

A project at an inner city kindergarten which developed a Froebelian approach to…
Researcher
Alison Hawkins, Headteacher, Wester Coates Nursery School
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Project status - COMPLETED

A Collegiate Enquiry Based Approach to Developing Froebelian Principles and the Froebelian Occupations - Sewing and Clay

A project which followed Froebelian principles and introduced the occupations of sewing and clay…
Researcher
Catriona Gill, Headteacher, Greengables Nursery School
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Project status - IN PROGRESS

Cowgate Community Grows - Children's Responses to Evolving Outside Space

An evaluation of the changes made to a nursery school's outside space, by observing and…
Researcher
Lian Higgins, Simon Bateson and Lynn McNair, Cowgate Under 5s Centre, Edinburgh
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Project status - COMPLETED

Play, Sing, Talk, Read: A Froebelian approach to language development

A nursery school based project which aimed to develop a Froebelian approach to young children's…
Researcher
Jane Whinnett and staff at Balgreen Nursery School, Edinburgh
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Ex Cathedra's 'Singing Medicine' at Birmingham Children's Hospital

The Froebel Trust awarded a grant for a project bringing songs and music to babies and children…
Researcher
Sarah Abiss, Ex Cathedra
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Project status - IN PROGRESS

Bringing children’s voices to the fore of education for sustainability in the early years

A doctoral project examining what sustainability can look like in the early years and exploring…
Researcher
Luke Addison, University of Edinburgh
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Project status - IN PROGRESS

Role model, Authoritarian and Humourist: Male Primary School Teachers’ identity construction

This doctoral research investigates how male primary school teacher identities are constructed,…
Researcher
Louie Werth, University of Cambridge
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Project status - COMPLETED

The voices and experiences of children with autism, and their families, in their transition from nursery to primary school

Project Summary Young autistic children are amongst the most scrutinised and assessed…
Researcher
Professor Sarah Parsons, University of Southampton
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Project status - COMPLETED

Understanding practitioners' curriculum decision-making to support complexity in children's play in a multi-diverse pre-school setting

Project summary This collaborative research aimed to investigate how practitioners…
Researcher
Liz Chesworth, The University of Sheffield
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Project status - COMPLETED

Hearing Infant Voices

A study exploring how infants convey their voice/s in nursery provision across a sample of…
Researcher
Caroline Guard, University of Roehampton
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