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What ingredients are needed in any early years setting for children to learn most successfully? Professor Iram Siraj-Blatchford explains what researchers in major studies have found Two very significant projects looking at young children's development and learning have been taking place over the past five years. One is the Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) study and the other is the Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years (REPEY) project, led by myself and Professor Kathy Sylva. We can now consider what has emerged as effective pedagogy.

Two very significant projects looking at young children's development and learning have been taking place over the past five years. One is the Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) study and the other is the Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years (REPEY) project, led by myself and Professor Kathy Sylva. We can now consider what has emerged as effective pedagogy.

The term pedagogy here refers to the instructional techniques and strategies which enable learning to take place. It refers to the interactive process between teacher/practitioner and learner and incorporates some aspects of the learning environment, including the concrete learning environment, the family and the community.

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