What did the researchers set out to discover about early years education?
The study was designed to identify and investigate those pedagogical strategies in early years settings that seemed to be particularly effective in supporting the development of young children’s skills, knowledge and attitudes. In setting out to explore the pedagogy of early years provision the researchers selected a number of specific areas of practice for investigation in the case study settings, including exploring: • adult-child verbal interactions • differentiation and formative assessment • parental partnership and the home education environment • discipline and adult support in talking through conflicts. The case study sites selected by the Research Team were chosen from those identified in a large-scale sister project Effective provision for pre-school education (EPPE). Based on this existing research, the REPEY researchers selected 12 pre-school settings, which they classified as either excellent (3 sites) or good (9 sites). The selection criteria explored both cognitive and s
