Lena's case study

Stage Two: Answering my research question

Lena decided to write to the parents she worked with to ask them whether and how they would like to be part of planning their child’s curriculum and what kind of information they would like to share with staff. In her letter, Lena included several questions ‘to provoke thought’, but emphasized that parents needn’t answer any or all of them and could respond as they wished.

1. How would you like to engage with staff within the centre? Why?
2. How would you like to be involved in the centre? Why?
3. How do you prefer to communicate with staff? Why?
4. Do you feel you have a voice within the centre? Why?
5. Do you feel your voice is respected by staff within the centre? Why?
6. Is there anything that you feel currently hinders your relationship/s with staff (individual staff members and/ or the staff as a group)? If so what?
7. Is there anything that you feel currently supports or otherwise positively affects your relationship/s with staff? If so, what?
8. Do you feel comfortable to approach staff for discussion of issues related to early childhood education and care?
9. Do you feel that you can respectfully debate or converse with staff about current practices within the centre?
10. Do you feel that you can question staff about current practices and the rationale behind them?
11. How (if at all) would you like to take part in the curriculum planning?
12. Other information, thoughts, ideas, opinions and/or knowledge you wish to share.