Summary

I started my carrier as a geography teacher. At the beginning of the Yugoslav war, I came to live in the UK in 1992. After working in various early years settings, in 2005 I joined the UK FE and HE sector as a lecturer and researcher. Currently, am teaching on various programmes and modules, with the main focus on methodological approaches to research, professional educational practices, and other ECEC related topics. I am also a PhD and EdD supervisor.

Research interests

My research interest focuses on the quality education and care for young children, gender discourses in ECEC field, ethnicised minority rights for education, social inequality, and identity questions. 

I am on the editoral borad for the following journals: International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Journal of Early Childhood Society and Norlad Educare Research Journal. 

Research outputs

2024

String figuring young children’s perspectives of quality in English Early Childhood Education and Care

Fairchild, N., Mikuska, E.

19 Feb 2024, In: British Educational Research Journal

2023

Conversation with my classmates: displacement, war, and survival

Mikuska, E.

10 Oct 2023, In: Genealogy. 7, 4, 11p., 75

Language, self-esteem, and academic achievement: mature students’ emotionally incited stories

Kurowski, A., Mikuska, E.

27 Sep 2023, In: Educational Role of Language Journal. 1, 9, p. 21-32, 11p.

Quality Early Childhood Education and Care practices: the importance of skills, knowledge, and the Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner competencies

Barton, S., Fairchild, N., Mikuska, E., Sabine, A. J. W.

7 Sep 2023, In: International Journal of Early Years Education, 15p.

Policy and governmentality of Early Childhood Education and Care in England

Mikuska, E.

10 Apr 2023, In: Pedagoška stvarnost. 68, 2, p. 123-128, 6p.

Research into trainees

Barton, S., Fairchild, N., Mikuska, E., Sabine, A. J. W.

20 Jan 2023, In: Early Years Educator, 33p.

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