Research output

Research output per year 2004 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

• 28 Article
• 16 Chapter
• 13 Editorial
• 9 Paper
• 17 More
  • 5 Book
  • 3 Commissioned Report
  • 2 Book Review
  • 2 Review
  • 1 Technical Report
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Abstract
  • 1 Magazine
  • 1 Digital or Visual Media

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2022

  All Things Being Equal

  Murray, J., 19 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 30, 2, 1.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • United Nations 100%
  • equality 65%
  • Social Mobility 64%
  • UNO 61%
  • childhood 54%

• Any Questions? Young children questioning in their early childhood education settings

  Murray, J., 18 Jan 2022, In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 30, 1, p. 108-130 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • knowledge acquisition 100%
  • childhood 77%
  • Education 71%
  • Learning 62%
  • Child 49%

• Public knowledge and attitudes regarding children with disabilities, their experience and support in Bhutan: a national survey

  Preece, D., Murray, J., Rose, R., Zhao, Y. & Garner, P., 2 Jan 2022, In: Early Child Development and Care. 192, p. 36-50 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Bhutan 100%
  • Disabled Children 70%
  • disability 40%
  • Motivation 19%
  • experience 18%
• 2021

  Editorial: Good Teachers are always Learning

  Murray, J., 27 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 29, 3, p. 229-235 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • UNESCO 100%
  • Learning 92%
  • Education 79%
  • Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development 73%
  • United Nations 67%

• How do children build knowledge in early childhood education? Susan Isaacs, ‘Young Children Are Researchers’ and what happens next.

  Murray, J., 2 Jul 2021, In: Early Child Development and Care. 191, 7-8, p. 1230-1246 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Research Personnel 100%
  • childhood 98%
  • Education 90%
  • Thinking 70%
  • Teaching 63%

• Informal early childhood education: The influences of parents and home on young children's learning

  Murray, J., 21 May 2021, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 29, 2, p. 117–123 7 p., 1.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • Parents 100%
  • Learning 97%
  • childhood 91%
  • Education 83%
  • Child 57%

• Literacy is Inadequate: Young Children need Literacies

  Murray, J., 1 Mar 2021, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 29, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • Literacy 100%
  • literacy 57%
  • UNESCO 44%
  • Child 36%
  • illiteracy 16%

• Very Early Childhood Education: Parents’ Views about their Two-Year-Olds in School and their Family Lives

  Murray, J. & Murray, J., 27 Jul 2021, In: Early Child Development and Care. 191, 10, p. 1539-1554 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • parent education 100%
  • Vulnerable Populations 88%
  • Parents 63%
  • full employment 59%
  • childhood 58%

• Young Children, Rights and Voice: The Child’s Voice in Research

  Murray, J., 5 May 2021, Research Through Play: Participatory Methods in Early Childhood. Arnott, L. & Wall, K. (eds.). London: Sage, 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review

  • children's rights 100%
  • childhood 38%
  • early childhood education and care 35%
  • evidence 35%
  • child well-being 34%
• 2020

  ERA Abstracts

  Murray, J., 8 Jun 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 28, 2, p. 206-208 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Abstract

  • scientific findings 100%
  • Refugees 92%
  • Child 65%
  • refugee 63%
  • migrant 55%

• How does drama for children 3-8 support children’s play and language development? A systematic review of the literature

  Lumsden, E., Aberton, R. & Murray, J., 18 Dec 2020, 39 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Technical Report

  • drama 100%
  • literature 40%
  • education 22%
  • childhood 14%
  • lack 10%

• In a Time of COVID-19 and Beyond, the World needs Early Childhood Educators

  Murray, J., 11 Dec 2020, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 28, 4, p. 299-302 4 p., 28(4).

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • childhood 100%
  • educator 89%
  • Child 63%
  • Education 61%
  • school readiness 60%

• Knowledge, attitudes and practices to children with disabilities in Bhutan: a contextualized literature review

  Garner, P., Murray, J. M., Preece, D., Rose, R. C. & Zhao, Y., 19 Nov 2020, In: Early Child Development and Care. 190, 12, p. 1887-1903

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Bhutan 100%
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice 74%
  • Disabled Children 70%
  • disability 40%
  • Education 37%

• Primary school children’s beliefs associating extra-curricular provision with non-cognitive skills and academic achievement

  Murray, J. & Cousens, D., 2 Jan 2020, In: Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education. 48, 1, p. 37-53 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • academic achievement 100%
  • primary school 90%
  • emotional intelligence 42%
  • locus of control 41%
  • schoolchild 33%

• Research and Enterprise in FHES: celebration video

  Fawdon, J., Winter, A., Cousens, D., Horton, J., Dann, C., Farini, F., Khatri, R., Lumsden, E., Maunder, R., Murray, J. & Ward, A., 15 Dec 2020

  Research output: Non-Textual Output › Digital or Visual Media

  Open Access

  File

  • video 100%
  • health 30%
  • education 20%

• Respect for Early Childhood Education: Editorial

  Murray, J., 30 Jan 2020, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 28, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

  • Respect 100%
  • respect 74%
  • childhood 63%
  • Education 58%
  • education 28%
• 2019

  Epilogue: Imagining Child Rights Futures

  Murray, J., Swadener, B. B. & Smith, K., 11 Nov 2019, The Routledge International Handbook of Young Children's Rights. Murray, J., Swadener, B. B. & Smith, K. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge, p. 552-556 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Childrens rights 100%
  • children's rights 60%
  • convention on the rights of the child 47%
  • UNO 39%
  • rights of the child 16%

• Happy Anniversary? 30 Years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

  Murray, J., 1 Dec 2019, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 27, 4, p. 341-344 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

  • Childrens rights 100%
  • Anniversaries and Special Events 65%
  • United Nations 64%
  • convention on the rights of the child 63%
  • anniversary 52%

• Hearing young children’s voices

  Murray, J., 5 Feb 2019, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 27, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

  • Hearing 100%
  • Learning 81%
  • childhood 75%
  • Human Rights 48%
  • Child 48%

• Introduction: Young Children’s Protection Rights

  Murray, J., 11 Nov 2019, The Routledge International Handbook of Young Children's Rights. Murray, J., Swadener, B. B. & Smith, K. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge, p. 79-84 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Childrens rights 100%
  • abduction 22%
  • sexual exploitation 21%
  • child labor 21%
  • Juvenile justice 19%

• Learning by doing: Local Communities work and learn together to prevent and reduce ESL and drop-out

  Devecchi, C., Turner, W., Ash, D. P. & Murray, J., 31 Aug 2019, 39 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

  Open Access

  File

  • drop-out 100%
  • learning 34%
  • evaluation 30%
  • leadership 21%
  • management 16%

• Our Community in Early Years Education

  Murray, J., 1 May 2019, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 27, 2, p. 115-117 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

  • Congresses 100%
  • Education 63%
  • primary school 39%
  • teacher 31%
  • education 30%

• Routes to STEM: Nurturing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Early Years Education.

  Murray, J., 24 Aug 2019, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 27, 3, p. 219-221 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Mathematics 100%
  • mathematics 52%
  • Technology 50%
  • Education 48%
  • engineering 46%

• Safeguarding the Protection Rights of Children in the Eastern Caribbean

  Murray, J., Harper, S-A., McClean-Trotman, L. & Stewart, H., 11 Nov 2019, The Routledge International Handbook of Young Children's Rights. Murray, J., Swadener, B. B. & Smith, K. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge, p. 192-205 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Rights of children 100%
  • UNICEF 65%
  • convention on the rights of the child 62%
  • exploitation 44%
  • sexual violence 43%

• Stories of Young Dropouts: A Social Survey of Success and Failure

  Devecchi, C., Turner, W., Ash, D. P. & Murray, J., 31 Aug 2019, 191 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

  Open Access

  File

  • drop-out 100%
  • cause 20%
  • weighting 19%
  • self-confidence 17%
  • Croatia 17%

• Young Children's Emotional Experiences

  Murray, J. & Palaiologou, I., 29 May 2019, 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge. 128 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  File

  • childhood 100%
  • early childhood education and care 61%
  • experience 60%
  • school readiness 60%
  • emotional development 55%
• 2018

  Discovering play

  Murray, J., 29 Jan 2018, In: Primary Geography. 95, p. 6-7 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article

  • pupil 100%
  • learning 21%

• In praise of early childhood educators

  Murray, J., 16 Jan 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 26, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Teaching 100%
  • editor 97%
  • Learning 83%
  • childhood 77%
  • educator 69%

• Observing and assessing children

  Murray, J., 4 Dec 2018, Early Childhood Studies: A student’s guide. Fitzgerald, D. & Maconochie, H. (eds.). London: Sage, p. 339-358 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review

  • childhood 100%

• Parent-practitioner partnerships in early childhood provision in England, Hungary and Kazakhstan: similarities and differences in discourses

  Murray, J., Teszenyi, E., Varga, A. N., Pálfi, S., Tajiyeva, M. & Iskakova, A., 4 May 2018, In: Early Child Development and Care. 188, 5, p. 594-612 19 p., 188:5.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Kazakhstan 100%
  • early childhood education and care 83%
  • Hungary 82%
  • England 65%
  • childhood 45%

• Perspectives from Young Children on the Margins

  Murray, J. (ed.) & Gray, C. (ed.), 3 Dec 2018, Abingdon: Routledge. 174 p. (EECERA Collection)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • separatism 100%
  • immigration 59%
  • communication 38%

• The play’s the thing

  Murray, J., 14 Oct 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 26, 4, p. 335-339 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

• Value/s in early childhood education

  Murray, J., 11 Jul 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 26, 3, p. 215-219 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Congresses 100%
  • UNESCO 93%
  • OMS 2017 92%
  • Teacher Training 76%
  • childhood 69%

• Young children's emotional experiences

  Murray, J. & Palaiologou, I., 3 Jul 2018, Early Child Development and Care. 7 ed. Routledge, Vol. 188. p. 875-878 4 p. (Early Child Development and Care).

  Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Empirical Research 100%
  • Evaluation Studies 68%
  • Caregivers 65%
  • Education 48%
  • Child 33%

• Young children’s emotional experiences

  Murray, J. & Palaiologou, I., 3 Jul 2018, In: Early Child Development and Care. 188, 7, p. 875-878 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

• ‘Seen but not heard’: practitioners work with poverty and the organising out of disadvantaged children’s voices and participation in the early years

  Simpson, D., Loughran, S., Lumsden, E., Mazzocco, P., MacDowall Clark, R., Winterbottom, C., Murray, J. (ed.) & Gray, C. (ed.), 4 Dec 2018, Perspectives from Young Children on the Margins. Murray, J. & Gray, C. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 5-16 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • poverty 100%
  • participation 75%
  • early childhood education and care 45%
  • school readiness 44%
  • normalization 37%
• 2017

  Are young children’s utterances affected by characteristics of their learning environments? A multiple case study

  Richardson, T. & Murray, J., 2 Mar 2017, In: Early Child Development and Care. 187, 3-4, p. 457-468 12 p., 187:3-4.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Learning 100%
  • learning environment 99%
  • Language Development 69%
  • classroom 53%
  • Drive 28%

• Early Childhood Pedagogies: Creating Spaces for Young Children to Flourish

  Murray, J. (ed.), Murray, J., Davis, B., Degotardi, S., Luff, P., Kanyal, M., Elfer, P., Page, J., White, E., Redder, B., Fleer, M., Helevaara Robertson, L., Kinos, J., Barbour, N., Pukk, M., Rosqvist, L., Cheng Pui-Wah, D., Reunamo, J., Cooper, P., Liu, K., & 27 othersVong, K. P., Tuul, M., Mikser, R., Neudorf, E., Ugaste, A., Campbell-Barr, V., Bakosi, É., Nemes, M., Pálfi, S., Sorzio, P., Harris, K., Gunnestad, A., Mørreaunet, S., Onyango, S., Winterbottom, C., Mazzocco, P., Franzén, K., Li, L., Teszenyi, E., Hevey, D., Gallagher, T., Lawrence, P., Pen Green Team, Storli, R., Hansen Sandseter, E. B., Nah, K-O. & Waller, T., 27 Jul 2017, 1st ed. Routledge. 322 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • childhood 100%
  • international consensus 40%
  • early childhood education and care 37%
  • research policy 29%
  • research practice 27%

• Early years education as a global village

  Murray, J., 20 Jan 2017, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 25, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Education 100%
  • education 48%
  • discourse 42%
  • Child 34%

• New theories warrant new research approaches: extending the toolbox of methods for research with young children

  Gray, C. & Murray, J., 23 Aug 2017, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 25, 3

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • research approach 100%
  • Research Personnel 48%
  • Child 45%
  • Drive 36%
  • popularity 30%

• School readiness, child development and early learning

  Murray, J. & McDowell Clark, R., 1 Aug 2017, In: Children & Young People Now. Aug 2017

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • school readiness 100%
  • studies (academic) 92%
  • learning 27%

• Small is beautiful

  Murray, J., 1 Jun 2017, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 25, 2, p. 95-97 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

  • Organizations 100%
  • childhood 81%
  • Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development 81%
  • Federal Government 79%
  • United Nations 74%

• Welcome in! How the academy can warrant recognition of young children as researchers

  Murray, J., 1 Apr 2017, In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 25, 2, p. 224-242 25:2.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • academy 100%
  • Research Personnel 78%
  • Child 49%
  • Psychological Practice 19%
  • Psychology Recognition 16%

• Young children are human beings

  Murray, J., 30 Oct 2017, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 25, 4, p. 339–342 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File

  • Love 100%
  • Play and Playthings 99%
  • Automobiles 83%
  • England 75%
  • Curriculum 74%
• 2016

  Ready, steady, learn: school readiness and children’s voices in English early childhood settings

  Brooks, E. & Murray, J., 18 Jul 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Education 3-13. 46, 2, p. 143-156 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • school readiness 100%
  • childhood 55%
  • early childhood education and care 51%
  • social pedagogy 30%
  • discourse 10%

• Sustaining development in international early years education

  Murray, J., 17 Nov 2016, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 24, 4, p. 393-394 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Education 100%
  • education 48%

• The Hantown Street Play Project

  Murray, J. & Devecchi, C., 20 Jul 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Play. 5, 2, p. 196-211 16 p., 5:2.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Anonyms and Pseudonyms 100%
  • Leisure Activities 29%
  • Evaluation Studies 24%
  • Child 23%
  • Parents 20%

• Young children are researchers: Children aged four to eight years engage in important research behaviour when they base decisions on evidence

  Murray, J., 2 Sep 2016, In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 24, 5, p. 705-720 16 p., 24:5.

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Research Personnel 100%
  • Child 62%
  • evidence 59%
  • Social Justice 29%
  • educational policy 23%
• 2015

  Can young children be researchers?

  Murray, J., 2015, Involving Children and Young People in Policy, Practice and Research. McLaughlin, H. (ed.). London, UK: National Children's Bureau, p. 48-63 79 p.

  Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter

  Open Access

  • Marginalization 100%

• Early childhood pedagogies: spaces for young children to flourish

  Murray, J., 20 Dec 2015, In: Early Child Development and Care. 185, 11-12

  Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Teaching 100%
  • childhood 77%
  • Child 49%
  • Child Care 30%
  • Child Development 29%