RESEARCH AROUND THE WORLD

The European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) is one of many influential international web sites dedicated to early childhood.  “EECERA is an independent, self-governing, international association which promotes and disseminates multi-disciplinary research on early childhood and its applications to policy and practice” (http://www.eecera.org/).  Every year in Europe, the EECERA holds an early childhood research conference in order for scholars, policy makers, researchers and practitioners to network and have cross-national collaborations.  Some of the current international research topics that are covered are improving quality of professionalism and leadership, parental participation, outside play and learning, and children's learning from birth to three.  

I was surprised to learn that EECERA has Special Interest Groups (SIGs).  SIGs are for members of the EECERA to be involved in cross-national collaborations that focus on a specific theme.  Other noteworthy information that I discovered was the EECERA publishes the Journal of the Association (EECERJ).  It is one out of four journals located in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI).  The SSCI is very notable because it only includes the world’s leading social science journals.  “Through its Annual Conference, its Journal, its SIGs and the activities of its distinguished membership, EECERA is a leading international contributor to the development of research, policy and practice in the developing field of early childhood” (http://www.eecera.org/).