Dr Ruth Hudson's Outputs (9)

Developing as a Reflective Early Years Professional : a Thematic Approach (2025)
Book

Helps early years students and practitioners to get to grips with the key issues, through a critical and thematic approach which focuses on reflective practice.

Theories and research into the nature of reflection are examined, how they can be used... Read More about Developing as a Reflective Early Years Professional : a Thematic Approach.

Co-creating training across four European countries to support effective parent/carer engagement in primary schools for improved child outcomes. (2024)
Book Chapter

The DIGItal innovative Strategies for PArental and Civic Engagement (DIGI-S.PA.C.E) was a three-year Erasmus+ project involving partners in the United Kingdom (UK), Portugal, Italy, and Lithuania. The project developed innovative ways to engage pare... Read More about Co-creating training across four European countries to support effective parent/carer engagement in primary schools for improved child outcomes..

Reasons, Resources, and Reality. Investigating the Complexity of Pupils’ Aspirations and How They Conceive Pathways to Their Future Adult Selves. (2023)
Book Chapter

Reflective Practice (2023)
Book Chapter

Genetics Evolution and Culture (2023)
Book Chapter

Mind the aspiration gap: how primary school pupils perceive their future adult selves and the perspectives and expectations of parents and teachers (2022)
Journal Article

This article reports on research investigating the aspirations of pupils in primary schools located in low-socioeconomic areas in one English county. The research adopted a qualitative approach to explore aspirations, self-efficacy, opinions regardin... Read More about Mind the aspiration gap: how primary school pupils perceive their future adult selves and the perspectives and expectations of parents and teachers.

Early years teacher status: constraints, implications and reforms required for a twenty-first-century early years workforce (2022)
Journal Article

This article arose from teaching Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) Students both undergraduate and postgraduate, and working alongside EYTS Mentors who viewed the roles through varied lenses. The impact of student feedback, their experience and obser... Read More about Early years teacher status: constraints, implications and reforms required for a twenty-first-century early years workforce.

Living and learning through lockdown: a fictionalisation of the challenges and opportunities of homeschooling during a global pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

This article reports on research which investigated the lived experiences of primary school headteachers, teachers and parents during the first lockdown in England between March and July 2020. The study aimed to understand how homeschooling was appro... Read More about Living and learning through lockdown: a fictionalisation of the challenges and opportunities of homeschooling during a global pandemic.

Understanding the World in the Early Years Foundation Stage: practitioners’ perspectives of best practice and effective provision (2021)
Journal Article

This article reports on a research project which investigated early years practitioners’ perspectives of best practice and effective provision in relation to the Understanding the World area of learning of the Early Years Foundation Stage. This area... Read More about Understanding the World in the Early Years Foundation Stage: practitioners’ perspectives of best practice and effective provision.