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Hodgkins, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-7848, Malomo, Michelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8455-2587 and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2024) Teaching Assistants, respected enough to teach, but not enough to be paid accordingly. International Journal of Changes in Education, Online (First). pp. 1-10. ISSN 3029-133X
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Lyndon, S. and Webb, R. (2024) “Oh … that Mommy needs a bit of help as well”: why every school needs a health and wellbeing lead. Health Education, Early (Cite). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0965-4283
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2024) Book review: Slow knowledge and the unhurried child: Time for slow pedagogies in early childhood education, by Alison Clark. International Journal of Social Pedagogy, 13 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2051-5804
Lyndon, S., Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Webb, R. (2024) “It’s a struggle”: Supporting children and families in poverty. Transforming Society (Blog).
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Sheehy, Amanda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-7759, Osuki, Amaechi and Winwood, J. (2024) ‘Small successes make it worthwhile’: The rewards and challenges of the SENCo role in a primary school in England. Support for Learning, 39 (3). pp. 104-115. ISSN 0268-2141 (print); 1467-9604 (web)
Lyndon, S., Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Webb, R. (2024) ‘It’s a struggle’ – the role of the school Health and Well-being Lead in supporting families in poverty. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice (JPSJ), 32 (3). pp. 398-417. ISSN Print: 1759-8273 Electronic: 1759-8281
Garner, P. and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2024) Editorial. Support for Learning (SfL), 39 (1). pp. 1-2. ISSN Print: 0268-2141 Electronic: 1467-9604
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Allies, Suzanne, Hodgkins, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-7848, Weston, Rebecca and Malomo, Michelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8455-2587 (2023) ‘Occasionally there are moments of light’: the challenges of primary school teaching in England, and the factors that motivate teachers to stay in the profession. Education 3-13 International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education. ISSN 0300-4279 Online: 1475-7575
Garner, P. and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2023) Editorial. Support for Learning (SfL), 38 (4). pp. 165-166. ISSN Print: 0268-2141 Electronic: 1467-9604
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Watkins, S., Roberts, C., Huffer, Emily, Careford, R., Page, L., Parsons, E., Holly, H. and Poppitt, Thalia (2023) Lessons Learned from Researching, Writing and Publishing with Undergraduate Students in Higher Education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 28 (4). pp. 614-629. ISSN Print: 1359-6748 Online: 1747-5112
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Winwood, J. (2023) Keeping the child in mind in multi-professional working: Valuing the viewpoints of children and their parents. British Journal of Special Education. ISSN Print: 0952-3383 Electronic: 1467-8578
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2023) Editorial. Support for Learning (SfL), 38 (3). pp. 133-134. ISSN Print: 0268-2141 Electronic: 1467-9604
Sheehy, Amanda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-7759 and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2023) Teaching lads’ lads and girly-girls: why recognising and tackling gender stereotypes still matters in education. Education 3-13. ISSN Print: 0300-4279 Online: 1475-7575
Stobbs, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9032-5340, Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Gallagher, Stuart and Baylis, Sue (2023) A human approach to restructuring the education system: why schools in England need social pedagogy. International Journal of Social Pedagogy, 12 (1). p. 8. ISSN 2051-5804
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Watson, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-1281, Tillsley, Jaimie Emily and Correia, Daniel Bizarro (2023) Taking a Collaborative Approach to Our Students’ Research in Education Settings. School Community Journal, 31 (1). pp. 191-210. ISSN 1059-308X
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Webb, R. (2023) Exploring and Celebrating the Early Childhood Practitioner. TACTYC . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN Paperback: 9781032072746 Hardback: 9781032071992
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Watson, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-1281, Tillsley, J.E. and Correia, D. B. (2023) Taking a Collaborative Approach to our Students’ Research in Education Settings. School Community Journal, 33 (1). pp. 191-209. ISSN 1059-308X
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Elliott, Geoffrey (2023) Ethics in Education : Contemporary Perspectives on Research, Pedagogy and Leadership. Ethics International Press, UK. ISBN 978-1-871891-61-4
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Cliffe, Johanna (2022) Creating Authentic Relationships with Parents of Young Children. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9781032042626
Cliffe, Johanna and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2022) What is it that we still don’t get? – Relational pedagogy and why relationships and connections matter in early childhood. Power and Education. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1757-7438; Online ISSN: 1757-7438
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Winwood, Jo (2022) Exploring Drivers and Barriers: Working in Multiprofessional Teams to Support Children and Families. School Community Journal, 32 (1). pp. 105-126. ISSN ISSN 1059-308X
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Watson, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-1281 (2021) Insights into Positive Approaches to Parent Partnership Working in UK Nursery Schools. Journal of Social Psychology Research, 1 (1). pp. 18-30.
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Elliott, Geoffrey ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-6838 and Cunliffe, Harriet (2021) Preparing university students for the moral responsibility of early years education. Journal of Education for Teaching. ISSN Print: 0260-7476 Online: 1360-0540
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Proctor, S. (2021) 'You have to find the right words to be honest’: nurturing relationships between teachers and parents of children with Special Educational Needs. Support for Learning, 36 (3). pp. 470-485. ISSN 0268-2141.
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Hodgkins, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-7848 and Watson, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-1281 (2021) Preparing students for the ‘emotion work’ of early years practice. NZ International Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 23 (1). pp. 14-23. ISSN 2537-7191
Cliffe, Johanna and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2021) The Messiness of Ethics in Education. Journal of Academic Ethics. ISSN Print: 1570-1727 Electronic: 1572-8544
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Webb, R. and Sutton-Tsang, Samantha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-7842 (2021) “What is left…?”: The Implications of Losing Maintained Nursery Schools for Vulnerable Children and Families in England. Children & Society, 35 (1). pp. 75-79. ISSN 951-0605 (print) 1099-0860 (eISSN)
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2020) Building a positive community culture: the role leader collaborations across primary schools can play in developing community cohesion. In: Social and Learning Relationships in Primary Schools. Bloomsbury Academic, London. ISBN 9781350096066 (hardback) 9781350096073 (ebook)
Cliffe, J. and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2020) The role of emotions in building new knowledge and developing young children’s understanding. Power and Education, 12 (2). pp. 189-203. ISSN 1757-7438
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Webb, R. and Sutton-Tsang, Samantha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-7842 (2020) Evidencing the effects of maintained nursery schools' roles in Early Years sector improvements. Project Report. TACTYC.
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2020) How subject leader collaborations across schools can act as a source of personal and curriculum development. In: Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 22 . American Association for Teaching and Curriculum, Charlotte, NC. ISBN 978164802-1862 (paperback) 9781648021879 (hardcover) 9781648021886 (ebook)
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2019) Collaborations: providing emotional support to senior leaders. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 5 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2056-9548
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Sutton-Tsang, Samantha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-7842 and Webb, R. (2019) What role do maintained nursery schools play in Early Years sector improvements? Discussion Paper. Association for Professional Development in Early Years (TACTYC).
Cliffe, J. and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2019) Should we Consider Rhizomatic Thinking When Educating Young Minds? NZ International Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 22 (1). pp. 86-100. ISSN 2537-7191
Proctor, S. and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2019) Supporting Parents to use Schema Theory to Understand and Manage Challenging Behaviour in the Home. NZ International Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 22 (1). pp. 72-85. ISSN 2537-7191
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Cliffe, J. and Bailey, E. (2019) Breaking the Silence: Providing Authentic Opportunities for Parents to be Heard. Power and Education, 11 (2). pp. 191-203. ISSN 1757-7438
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2019) Conducting Ethical Professional Inquiry Alongside Children: Children as Fellow Researchers. In: Challenging the Intersection of Policy with Pedagogy. Thinking About Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 20-34. ISBN Paperback: 9781138319264 Hardback:9781138319264 eBook:9780429454035
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2019) Conducting ethical professional inquiry alongside children: Children as fellow researchers. In: Challenging the Intersection of Policy with Pedagogy. Thinking About Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 9781138319264
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Cliffe, J. (2019) But What if They Don’t Ask the Right Questions? Problems of Power and Control in Researching with Children. TACTYC Reflections.
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Cliffe, J. and Snowden, M. (2018) Researching in School – Creating a Meaningful School/University Alliance: a Reflection. Educational Action Research, 26 (4). pp. 589-602. ISSN 0965-0792 Online: 1747-5074
Elliott, Geoffrey, Kadi-Hanifi, Karima and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2018) Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study. Sage Study Skills . Sage, Los Angeles. ISBN Paperback: 9781526411297 Hardback: 9781526411280
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2017) Just How Important Is Ethics Within Early Childhood Research and Professionalism. Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 6 (2). pp. 166-176. ISSN 2323-7414 Online: 2323-7414
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2017) Training: Better Together - Collaborative Working. Nursery World. pp. 38-39. ISSN 0029-6422
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2016) Ethicality, Research and Emotional Impoverishment in a Technological Era. In: Values and Virtues in Higher Education Research: Critical Perspectives. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 33-47. ISBN Hardback: 9781138916814 Paperback: 9781138916821
Cliffe, Johanna and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2016) Using Rhizomatic Thinking in Early Childhood Pedagogy to Avoid Making Other into Same. TACTYC Reflections. pp. 1-6.
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Kohlman, H., Snowden, M. and Morris, C. (2016) A Whole School Approach to Language Development in the Early Years: Professional Development in Action. New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education, 19. pp. 25-36. ISSN 1174-6122
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2015) The Responsibility of the Practice-based Researcher. In: A Critical Companion to Early Childhood. SAGE, Los Angeles, pp. 307-316. ISBN Hardback: 9781446259269 Paperback: 9781446259276
Kubiak, C., Fenton-O'Creevy, M., Appleby, Karen, Kempster, M., Reed, Michael, Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Thorpe, M. (2015) Brokering Boundary Encounters. In: Learning in Landscapes of Practice Boundaries : Identity, and Knowledgeability in Practice-Based Learning. Routledge, London, pp. 81-96. ISBN 9781138022195
Walker, Rosie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1356-3366 and Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2014) Success With Your Early Years Research Project. Sage, Los Angeles. ISBN 144625626X, 9781446256268
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 and Elliott, Geoffrey ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-6838 (2013) Why is Research Still Invisible in Further Education? Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 6 (Nov). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1759-667X
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2012) Research and the Early Years Practitioner-Researcher. Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 33 (1). pp. 90-97. ISSN Print: 0957-5146 Online: 1472-4421 Online
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2012) Improving Quality in the Early Years, Starting with the Student Experience. In: Implementing Quality Improvement & Change in the Early Years. Sage, London, pp. 171-183. ISBN 978-0-85702-169-4
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2011) Working with the Local Authority to Support the Training of Early Years Professionals. In: Which way Now to Widen Participation? Lifelong Learning, Economy and Society. Face, London, pp. 153-161.
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2011) Expressing Personal Values and Beliefs - the Essential Position of the Researcher. In: Work-Based Research in the Early Years. Sage, London, pp. 32-45. ISBN 13: 978-0-85702-175-5
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2010) Elitism, Inclusion and the Specialist School. In: Education and Social Change. Continuum, London, pp. 122-135. ISBN 978-0-8254-4409-7
Popova, Anna, Andrews, Mandy, Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079, Murray, Janet and Tyler, Linda (2009) An Integrated Early Year Professional Status Pathway Pilot Project: Centre for Early Childhood, Institute of Education. Project Report. University of Worcester.
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2008) Can Cultures Really Change? The Impact of Specialist Sports College Status on an English High School. PhD thesis, Coventry University in collaboration with the University of Worcester.
Solvason, Carla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-0079 (2005) Investigating Specialist School Ethos…Or Do You Mean Culture? Educational Studies, 31 (1). pp. 85-95. ISSN Print: 0305-5698 Online: 1465-8400

My Most Viewed As Author

#	Item title
1.	Can Cultures Really Change? The Impact of Specialist Sports College Status on an English High School.	1165	1459
2.	Evidencing the effects of maintained nursery schools' roles in Early Years sector improvements	359	163
3.	Just How Important Is Ethics Within Early Childhood Research and Professionalism	328	271
4.	Success With Your Early Years Research Project	278
5.	Using Rhizomatic Thinking in Early Childhood Pedagogy to Avoid Making Other into Same	264	848
6.	An Integrated Early Year Professional Status Pathway Pilot Project: Centre for Early Childhood, Institute of Education	264	146
7.	A Whole School Approach to Language Development in the Early Years: Professional Development in Action	252	1
8.	Research and the Early Years Practitioner-Researcher	225
9.	Expressing Personal Values and Beliefs - the Essential Position of the Researcher	208
10.	Working with the Local Authority to Support the Training of Early Years Professionals	198
11.	Brokering Boundary Encounters	180
12.	Improving Quality in the Early Years, Starting with the Student Experience	177
13.	Training: Better Together - Collaborative Working	153	2
14.	Conducting Ethical Professional Inquiry Alongside Children: Children as Fellow Researchers	152	43
15.	Breaking the Silence: Providing Authentic Opportunities for Parents to be Heard	143	85
16.	The Responsibility of the Practice-based Researcher	140
17.	Ethicality, Research and Emotional Impoverishment in a Technological Era	138	1
18.	Preparing students for the ‘emotion work’ of early years practice	136	4
19.	Investigating Specialist School Ethos…Or Do You Mean Culture?	134
20.	Supporting Parents to use Schema Theory to Understand and Manage Challenging Behaviour in the Home	129	2
21.	Why is Research Still Invisible in Further Education?	128	439
22.	Collaborations: providing emotional support to senior leaders	124	183
23.	Elitism, Inclusion and the Specialist School	123
24.	Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study	118	1
25.	Researching in School – Creating a Meaningful School/University Alliance: a Reflection	110	94
26.	How subject leader collaborations across schools can act as a source of personal and curriculum development	110	1
27.	Should we Consider Rhizomatic Thinking When Educating Young Minds?	108	4
28.	“What is left…?”: The Implications of Losing Maintained Nursery Schools for Vulnerable Children and Families in England	96	30
29.	But What if They Don’t Ask the Right Questions? Problems of Power and Control in Researching with Children	96	1
30.	'You have to find the right words to be honest’: nurturing relationships between teachers and parents of children with Special Educational Needs	91	151
31.	Insights into Positive Approaches to Parent Partnership Working in UK Nursery Schools	87	157
32.	What role do maintained nursery schools play in Early Years sector improvements?	87	41
33.	The role of emotions in building new knowledge and developing young children’s understanding	79	162
34.	Building a positive community culture: the role leader collaborations across primary schools can play in developing community cohesion	78	1
35.	Exploring Drivers and Barriers: Working in Multiprofessional Teams to Support Children and Families	77	2
36.	Taking a Collaborative Approach to Our Students’ Research in Education Settings	65	373
37.	Preparing university students for the moral responsibility of early years education	61	60
38.	Taking a Collaborative Approach to our Students’ Research in Education Settings	53	13
39.	Creating Authentic Relationships with Parents of Young Children	52
40.	What is it that we still don’t get? – Relational pedagogy and why relationships and connections matter in early childhood	51
41.	The Messiness of Ethics in Education	43	52
42.	Ethics in Education : Contemporary Perspectives on Research, Pedagogy and Leadership	37
43.	Teaching Assistants, respected enough to teach, but not enough to be paid accordingly	36	4
44.	Exploring and Celebrating the Early Childhood Practitioner	34
45.	‘Small successes make it worthwhile’: The rewards and challenges of the SENCo role in a primary school in England	33	20
46.	‘Occasionally there are moments of light’: the challenges of primary school teaching in England, and the factors that motivate teachers to stay in the profession	32	34
47.	Lessons Learned from Researching, Writing and Publishing with Undergraduate Students in Higher Education	32	8
48.	Teaching lads’ lads and girly-girls: why recognising and tackling gender stereotypes still matters in education	31	274
49.	A human approach to restructuring the education system: why schools in England need social pedagogy.	31	12
50.	Editorial	28
51.	Editorial	24
52.	Keeping the child in mind in multi-professional working: Valuing the viewpoints of children and their parents	21	23
53.	‘It’s a struggle’ – the role of the school Health and Well-being Lead in supporting families in poverty	19
54.	Conducting ethical professional inquiry alongside children: Children as fellow researchers	18	8
55.	Editorial	18
56.	“It’s a struggle”: Supporting children and families in poverty	14
57.	Book review: Slow knowledge and the unhurried child: Time for slow pedagogies in early childhood education, by Alison Clark	10	9
58.	“Oh … that Mommy needs a bit of help as well”: why every school needs a health and wellbeing lead	6	2

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