Mrs CATHERINE GRIPTON's Outputs (28)

Communicating through the environment (2019)
Book Chapter
Gripton, C. (2019). Communicating through the environment. In J. Kent, & M. Moran (Eds.), Communication for the Early Years: A Holistic Approach. Routledge

This chapter explores the communication within the environment before moving onto how the environment can be utilised to support communication where it is argued that open-ended resources and possibility-rich spaces are highly effective in enabling c... Read More about Communicating through the environment.

Communicating children’s perspectives (2019)
Book Chapter
Gripton, C. (2019). Communicating children’s perspectives. In J. Kent, & M. Moran (Eds.), Communication for the Early Years: A Holistic Approach. Routledge

This chapter explores the ways in which children’s perspectives can be represented, valued, and acted upon within early education. It considers education as experienced by the child rather than as intended by adults and suggests that children’s persp... Read More about Communicating children’s perspectives.

Proceedings of the Day Conference (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baldry, F., Barclay, N., Gripton, C., Clapham, A., Woodford, M., Saralar, İ., Ainsworth, S., Wake, G., & Sayah, K. (2018, March). Proceedings of the Day Conference. Presented at Research in Mathematics Education, Nottingham, UK

Planning for Endless Possibilities (2017)
Book Chapter
Gripton, C. (2017). Planning for Endless Possibilities. In A. Woods (Ed.), Child-Initiated Play and Learning: Planning for possibilities in the early years. (2). Routledge

Planning can often be considered an adult activity, where practitioners decide what should be learned, when and how, almost seeing into the future for how the learning experience will be. Planning is translated into practice, which is then evaluated... Read More about Planning for Endless Possibilities.

Diverse Consumers (2016)
Book Chapter
Gripton, C., & Hall, V. (2016). Diverse Consumers. In C. Hawkins (Ed.), Rethinking Children as Consumers: The changing status of childhood and young adulthood. Routledge

Children and young people are infinitely diverse. This chapter is premised upon this understanding and, as a result, acknowledges that children and young people experience opportunities, engagement and outcomes differently. This experience is within... Read More about Diverse Consumers.

Nurturing involvement through assessment and planning for possibilities (2016)
Book Chapter
Gripton, C. (2016). Nurturing involvement through assessment and planning for possibilities. In A. Woods (Ed.), Examining Levels of Involvement in the Early Years: Engaging with children’s possibilities. Routledge

Nurturing children's involvement with their play is an essential aspect of facilitating learning for young children. Involvement is important for developing concentration, engaging with deeper learning, enabling higher order thinking, building connec... Read More about Nurturing involvement through assessment and planning for possibilities.

Playing with thinking (2014)
Book Chapter
Gripton, C. (2014). Playing with thinking. In The Characteristics of Effective Learning: Creating and capturing the possibilities in the early years (71-86). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315752631-6

Play is diverse and fluid and rightly beyond the control of adults. Creative and critical thinking is similar in its ownership and variety, but is more internal. Through critical thinking, we consider these possibilities, how to pursue, filter, refin... Read More about Playing with thinking.

Playing with thinking (2014)
Book Chapter
Gripton, C. (2014). Playing with thinking. In The Characteristics of Effective Learning : Creating and capturing the possibilities in the early years

Play is diverse and fluid and rightly beyond the control of adults. Creative and critical thinking is similar in its ownership and variety, but is more internal. Through critical thinking, we consider these possibilities, how to pursue, filter, refin... Read More about Playing with thinking.