Dr James Hall, Associate Professor of Psychology of Education at the University of Southampton and Deputy Director of the UK National Centre for Research Methods,.

In this conversation, James takes us through his academic journey, unpacks the terminology around early childhood education and care, discusses the state of the nation in terms of early years provision, and why the Heckmann curve has had lasting influence. James also explores why the distinction between structural quality (ratios, qualifications, environment) and process quality (the human-to-human interactions that really matter) is so critical to understanding what good provision actually looks like. James makes a compelling case that the research world has been telling two separate stories around early childhood education and missing something fundamental as a result and how a ...