Sacha Powell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5239673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sacha Powell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sacha |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Canterbury Christ Church University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9757-2253 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Babies’ and Young Children’s Emotional and Social Development
An Introduction to Early Childhood Studies
Mega-sporting events and children’s rights and interests – towards a better future
The public subsidy of Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup hosting opportunities is invariably justified on the basis that they will secure a range of public good outcomes. Problematically, the information available inspires less confidence that these ambitions will be met and highlights how social costs and benefits are unevenly distributed. As a result, interest in the social dimension of hosting has grown, yet the knowledge to support responsive a…
Orchestrating professional development for baby room practitioners
This article has emerged from a research and development project, The Baby Room, which was designed to examine how babies are cared for in daycare settings. Within the project, a form of professional development was created which designated a central space for dialogic encounter, primarily to enable the baby room practitioners who participated in the project to begin to theorize their practice. Findings indicate that those working with babies fre…
Hide And Seek
Early childhood education and care settings in England and the people who work in them constitute an important sphere of influence, shaping young children's characters and values. But the values and dispositions expected of the early years workforce are missing from statutory policy documentation despite its clear requirement that practitioners will espouse and promote particular ‘universal’ values in their work. The expectations for young childr…
The Value of Play
This article reports one aspect of the findings from an assessment of the impact of national policies on children’s opportunities for play in England, which was commissioned and funded by the Children’s Play Council, London. Systematic analysis of policy documents and interviews with participants from local authorities and the voluntary sector revealed that the (Labour) Government does not promote a consistent conceptualisation of play in England…
An Introduction to Early Childhood Studies
Mega-sporting events and children’s rights and interests – towards a better future
The public subsidy of Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup hosting opportunities is invariably justified on the basis that they will secure a range of public good outcomes. Problematically, the information available inspires less confidence that these ambitions will be met and highlights how social costs and benefits are unevenly distributed. As a result, interest in the social dimension of hosting has grown, yet the knowledge to support responsive a…
Orchestrating professional development for baby room practitioners
This article has emerged from a research and development project, The Baby Room, which was designed to examine how babies are cared for in daycare settings. Within the project, a form of professional development was created which designated a central space for dialogic encounter, primarily to enable the baby room practitioners who participated in the project to begin to theorize their practice. Findings indicate that those working with babies fre…
The Value of Play
This article reports one aspect of the findings from an assessment of the impact of national policies on children’s opportunities for play in England, which was commissioned and funded by the Children’s Play Council, London. Systematic analysis of policy documents and interviews with participants from local authorities and the voluntary sector revealed that the (Labour) Government does not promote a consistent conceptualisation of play in England…
Hide And Seek
Early childhood education and care settings in England and the people who work in them constitute an important sphere of influence, shaping young children's characters and values. But the values and dispositions expected of the early years workforce are missing from statutory policy documentation despite its clear requirement that practitioners will espouse and promote particular ‘universal’ values in their work. The expectations for young childr…
Orchestrating professional development for baby room practitioners
This article has emerged from a research and development project, The Baby Room, which was designed to examine how babies are cared for in daycare settings. Within the project, a form of professional development was created which designated a central space for dialogic encounter, primarily to enable the baby room practitioners who participated in the project to begin to theorize their practice. Findings indicate that those working with babies fre…
Babies’ and Young Children’s Emotional and Social Development
An Introduction to Early Childhood Studies
Mega-sporting events and children’s rights and interests – towards a better future
The public subsidy of Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup hosting opportunities is invariably justified on the basis that they will secure a range of public good outcomes. Problematically, the information available inspires less confidence that these ambitions will be met and highlights how social costs and benefits are unevenly distributed. As a result, interest in the social dimension of hosting has grown, yet the knowledge to support responsive a…
Political science (4 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Early childhood education (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)