Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards an understanding of ethical practice in early childhood / Ioanna Palaiologou -- pt. 1. Ethical issues in research. 1. Involving young children in research / Donna Green : A right to "participation": when does it begin? ; The emergence of a new wave of thinking ; The ongoing journey to consent -- 2. Ethical praxis when choosing research tools for use with children under five / Ioanna Palaiologou : Ethical praxis when choosing research tools with young children ; Research tools to use with children under five -- 3. Ethics in researching children with special educational needs / Cheryl Ellis and Gary Beauchamp : Definitions of SEN ; Informed consent ; Gathering data ; Interpreting data ; Reporting findings -- 4. Ethical research with children and vulnerable groups / Colette Gray : The evolution of research ethics ; Access and consent ; Obtaining consent ; Participatory research -- 5. Ethical researching in other cultures / Ioanna Palaiologou : Introduction: the insider and outsider researcher ; The challenge of cultural relativism ; The challenge for the researcher ; Key issue of ethical research with children from other cultures: the right not to... -- pt. 2. Ethical issues in policy and practice. 6. Ethics, policy and every child matters / Barry Powell : ECM, the policy background and fall-out ; Children, harm and welfare ; Modernisation, the workforce and new public management -- 7. Ethics in multi-agency working / Ioanna Palaiologou : Ethical challenges in multi-agency work ; Moving beyond multi- or inter-agency work: "trans-agency" work ; Ethical challenges of trans-agency work -- 8. Loss, bereavement and ethics / Sarah James : Loss, bereavement and mortality data ; Socio-cultural contexts ; Bereavement in early years settings ; Death education, for every child matters ; Young children and grief ; Bereavement models ; Bereavement support agencies -- 9. Ethics in studying early years / Gary Beauchamp and Chantelle Haughton : Planning ; Selecting a topic or area of study, macro-, meso-, micro-perspectives ; Emotional involvement ; Working title and research question(s) ; Age group ; Use of time ; Arranging access to settings/permissions ; Undertaking research, behaviour in setting/relationships ; Field notes, records and storage of data ; Analysing data ; Reporting findings --10. Safeguarding young children / Bronagh McKee : Childhood maltreatment as a social problem ; Childhood maltreatment as a professional problem ; Childhood maltreatment as a pre-service education problem ; Implications for practice -- 11. Ethics when inspecting early years practice / Judi Williamson : Ofsted and its role in the early years ; Is inspection an ethical practice? ; The Ofsted inspection and regulation process in the early years sector -- 12. Ethical leadership in early years settings / Trevor Male : Purpose and ethics ; The challenges to early years settings ; Building leadership capacity ; Leadership in early years settings ; The role of the formal leader.