Dame Cathryn Elizabeth Nutbrown DBE is a British early childhood education academic and a professor at the University of Sheffield. She was the key contributor to a report which suggested that the enforcement of qualifications for vocational courses in early childhood education were laxer than in animal care. In 2020, the Sutton Trust described it as a "landmark paper" and reported that at least twelve of its nineteen recommendations had not been achieved.
Nutbrown was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to early childhood education.
Career
editI want to thank colleagues for their involvement and sustained collaboration over several decades. Working with so many committed professionals around the country who work with families to enhance their young children's early learning is a great privilege.
Nutbrown, discussing the investiture of her damehood with Nursery World.[1]
Nutbrown spent some time working in early childhood education.[1] Nutbrown received her PhD from the University of Sheffield in 1997 with her thesis "The assessment of early literacy development".[2] She became a professor at their School of Education and established early childhood education programmes for Master of Arts degrees (in 1998) and doctorates (in 2008).[1] She became president of Early Education, a professional association and charity.[1]
As an academic, Nutbrown specializes in early childhood education.[3] Nutbrown serves at the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Early Childhood Research.[4] Nutbrown was a non-panel reference group member for Clare Tickell's 2011 Department for Education report on the early years foundation stage.[1][5]
Nutbrown was the leading researcher of the Nutbrown Review, a 2012 Department for Education report on job qualifications within the field of childcare and early education.[6] A March 2012 preliminary version of the Review concluded that such qualifications were poorly enforced, and among its findings were qualifications for vocational courses in those fields being laxer than in animal care; the poor quality of vocational courses for these jobs; and a lack of scrutiny towards employees' proficiency in English and mathematics.[3][7] Early childhood education magazine Nursery World described her report as "influential" and described Nutbrown herself as "renowned in the sector for leading a review into early years qualifications".[1] In 2020, the Sutton Trust described the Nutbrown Review as a "landmark paper" and reported that at least twelve of its nineteen recommendations had not been achieved.[8]
In 2013, she won the Economic and Social Research Council's Celebrating Impact Prize for "Outstanding impact in society", for her project "Helping parents with children’s literacy",[9] and the Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award.[10]
Nutbrown was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to early childhood education.[11]
Works
edit- Threads of Thinking: Young Children Learning and the Role of Early Education (1994)[12][13][14]
- (ed.) Research Studies in Early Childhood Education (2002)[15][16]
- (ed. with Kath Hirst) Perspectives on Early Childhood Education (2005)[17]
- (with Julie Brierley) Understanding Schematic Learning at Two (2017)[18]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Gaunt, Catherine (9 January 2023). "New Year Honours 2023: Professor Cathy Nutbrown made a Dame". Nursery World. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ Nutbrown, Cathy (1997). The assessment of early literacy development (phd). University of Sheffield. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Nursery staff skill concerns raised in Nutbrown review". The Guardian. PA Media. 24 March 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Editorial Board". Journal of Early Childhood Research. SAGE Publishing. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ The early years: foundations for life, health and learning (PDF) (Report). Department for Education. 2011. p. 68. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ FOUNDATIONS FOR QUALITY: The independent review of early education and childcare qualifications (PDF) (Report). Department for Education. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Nutbrown Review: Nursery staff skills questioned". BBC News. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ Pascal, Chris; Bertram, Tony; Cole-Albäck, Aline (2020). EARLY YEARS WORKFORCE REVIEW: Revisiting the Nutbrown Review - Policy and Impact (PDF) (Report). Sutton Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Winners and finalists: 2013". www.ukri.org. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ Roberts, Liz Roberts (18 September 2013). "Nursery World Awards 2013: Individuals - Lifetime Achievement". Nursery World. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N9.
- ^ Ashton, Elizabeth; Barcan, Alan; Browne, Ann; Campbell, R. J.; Convey, Andrew (1995). "Reviews". British Journal of Educational Studies. 43 (1): 88–116. doi:10.1080/00071005.1995.9974022. ISSN 0007-1005. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Green, Kath; Winter, Richard; Parker, Zoe; Rose, Janet (1999). "Book reviews". Educational Action Research. 7 (3): 467–474. doi:10.1080/09650799900200096. ISSN 0965-0792.
- ^ Summerford, Kathyrn B. (6 October 2008). "Threads of Thinking: Young Children Learning and the Role of Early Education: Cathy Nutbrown. London: SAGE Publications, 2006. x, 162. $30.95". Educational Studies. 44 (2): 187–191. doi:10.1080/00131940802368570. ISSN 0013-1946. S2CID 145117694. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Book Reviews". Early Years. 24 (1): 99–111. 2004. doi:10.1080/0957514032000179098. ISSN 0957-5146. S2CID 218510512. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Reviews". British Journal of Educational Studies. 52 (1): 83–108. 2004. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8527.2004.00256.x. ISSN 0007-1005. S2CID 218591623. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Mendoza, Froilan N. (2006). "'PERSPECTIVES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: Contemporary Research". Childhood Education. 83 (2): 113–116. doi:10.1080/00094056.2007.10522894. ISSN 0009-4056. S2CID 219597795. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Hendry, Helen (3 April 2018). "Understanding schematic learning at two". British Journal of Educational Studies. 66 (2): 272–274. doi:10.1080/00071005.2017.1381430. ISSN 0007-1005. S2CID 149381190.