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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 interest arise from her experience of the Danish and English early years and range from the policy conditions for children's well being, learning and democratic participation to the development of professional identity in early childhood workforce.
She has been a programme convenor for the BA Early Childhood Studies for 11 years and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, England. She is a member of the Excecutive group of the Early Childhood Studies Degree Network, England
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 a collaborative research study into wellbeing and democratic living in early childhood curricula policies. She is also working on a project examining the position of democratic living and wellbeing within early childhood workforce values and education. She has with colleagues been examining teacher's experiences of working with wellbeing and involvement in the context of an entry-to-school assessment. She has also taken part in research into parents' and early years practitioners' perceptions of children's wellbeing, with particular focus on friendship. Following these two projects research is being developed with the aim of increasing opportunities to recognize and promote young children’s democratic living and wellbeing in national and international practice and policy.
Further to this she has collaborated with Danish researchers in investigating 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
2016 → …
Member of Strategy group, Early Childhood Studies Degree Network
2013 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Reception teachers’ and heads of schools’ perspectives and experiences of an observation led baseline assessment Investigating the implementation of a baseline assessment for 4-5 year olds in schools in England.
Urban, M., Brogaard Clausen, S., Howe, S., Guimaraes, S. & Cottle, M.
1/10/14 → 30/09/15
Project: Research
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International perspectives on wellbeing and democratic living in early childhood curricula
Brogaard Clausen, S., Guimaraes, S., Rubiano, C. & Tang, F., 5 Jan 2022, In: Early Years. p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Professional Development and Professional Identity
Brogaard Clausen, S. & Cottle, M., 15 Nov 2022, The Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies : A Guide for Professional Practice. Silberfeld, C. & The Early Childhood Studies Degree Network (eds.). London: SAGE Publications, p. 159 176 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Friendships for wellbeing? parents’ and practitioners’ positioning of young children’s friendships in the evaluation of wellbeing factors
Brogaard Clausen, S. & Robson, S., 17 Jun 2019, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Young children’s wellbeing: conceptualising, assessing and supporting wellbeing
Brogaard Clausen, S., Guimaraes, S., Howe, S. & Cottle, M., 18 Nov 2018, Early Childhood studies: : A Student’s Guide. Maconochie, H. & Fitzgerald, D. (eds.). UK: SAGE Publications, p. 209 222 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Loved or listened to? Parent and practitioner perspectives on young children’s well-being
Robson, S., Brogaard Clausen, S. & Hargreaves, D. J., 3 Sept 2017, In: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE. p. 1 15 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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