Faculty Member, CDARE - Centre for Development and Applied Research in Education
Reader in Early Years Education
About
Tim Waller is Reader in Early Years Education, Coordinator of the Early Years Research Cluster and Chair of the Integrated Services (ECM) Research Group at the University of Wolverhampton. Tim is a Convener of the Outdoor Learning SIG in the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) and an active member of the Early Years SIG in the British Educational Research Association (BERA). He was formerly Director of Postgraduate Studies in the Department of Childhood Studies at Swansea University. Previously he taught in nursery, infant and primary schools in London and has also worked in the USA. His research interests include pedagogy, social justice and integrated practice in early childhood. Since September 2003 he has been coordinating a research project designed to investigate the promotion of children’s well being through outdoor play. This project has involved developing a range of innovative participatory methods for research with young children. He has also helped to establish the Men in Childcare Network in Wales. Tim edited a popular book with Margaret Clark entitled ‘Early Childhood Education and Care: Policy and Practice’, published by SAGE in 2007. Recently, he has completed the second edition of An Introduction to Early Childhood: a multi-disciplinary approach published in February 2009 by SAGE.







