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20102024

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Biography

Sigrid Brogaard Clausen is a senior lecturer and researcher in Early Childhood at the School of Education, University of Roehampton. She was previously a lecturer at the College of Social Education/ Kobenhavns Paedagog Seminarium - Copenhagen - Denmark.

Her research and teaching in early childhood (EC) studies is based on democratic and holistic principles for wellbeing, development, participation and learning. With specific knowledge of the English and Danish EC context, she applies a critical comparative perspective to her research.

She has worked collaboratively and published research into professional and parental understandings of young children’s wellbeing and friendships, comparative curricula policy and assessment studies with focus on wellbeing and democratic participation. In teaching and research, she collborateively examines the education and identity formation of the EC professional. Latest project on this was on the development of the Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies in England. Currently, international projects are in development on outdoor play and environmental education as well as quality assurance and sustainability in Early Childhood.

Qualifications

MA Danish; Literature, Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark,

BA Children and Youth Culture and Danish, University of Southern Denmark

BA Social Pedagogy, College of Social Pedagogy -Odense, Denmark

Research interests

Sigrid is currently working on international research into early childhood professionals’ practices and perceptions of outdoor play for holistic development and environmental education. She is also embarking on a study into early childhood sustainability and quality assurance. These developments are based in previous research collaborations on A) wellbeing and democratic living in early childhood curricula policies; B)  democratic values in early childhood workforce education and continued professional development, C) teacher's experiences of working with wellbeing and involvement in the context of an entry-to-school assessment, D) parents' and early years practitioners' perceptions of children's wellbeing, with particular focus on friendship, E) the professional identity of the Danish Pedagogue, as well as comparative studies of Danish and English Early Years.

External positions

Vice Chair for Professional Issues, Early Childhood Studies Degree Network

20162023

Member of Strategy group, Early Childhood Studies Degree Network

2013 → …

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