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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
2016 → 2023
Member of Strategy group, Early Childhood Studies Degree Network
2013 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Wellbeing and democratic living in early childhood curricular policies
Brogaard Clausen, S. (CoPI), Guimaraes, S. (CoPI), Tang, F. (CoPI) & Rubiano, C. (CoPI)
3/09/18 → 20/12/19
Project: Research
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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. (PI), Brogaard Clausen, S. (CoI), Howe, S. (CoI), Guimaraes, S. (CoI) & Cottle, M. (CoI)
1/10/14 → 30/09/15
Project: Research
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Building Professional Relationships and Student Confidence through Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies
Richardson, T., Lavercombe, S. & Brogaard-Clausen, S., 17 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. 15, 1, p. 379-392 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Activities
- 2 Oral presentation for an academic audience
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Wellbeing and democratic living in early childhood curriculum policy: perspectives from China, Colombia, Denmark, England and Portugal.
Brogaard Clausen, S. (Speaker), Tang, F. (Speaker), Guimaraes, S. (Speaker) & Rubiano, C. (Speaker)
14 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Oral presentation for an academic audience
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English, Portuguese, Chinese, Colombian and Danish early childhood curricula policies perspectives within the context of the OECD’s Early Learning (and Wellbeing) Study
Brogaard Clausen, S. (Speaker), Guimaraes, S. (Speaker), Tang, F. (Speaker) & Rubiano, C. (Speaker)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Oral presentation for an academic audience