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Observation: An Effective Research Tool or a Rude Intrusion?

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This article discusses observation as a method of collecting data in early childhood research. 

Observation has become a common mode of early childhood education practice, mostly to assess children’s learning, which has particularly become prevalent since the introduction of learning stories (Blaiklock, 2008; Carr et al., 2

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