The Froebel Partnership engages in practice-led research, valuing the expertise of the Partnership’s two nursery settings and the research organisation. Each of the three institutions plays a crucial role in the collective work, working together to support the projects’ holistic nature. The practice-led research is grounded in Froebelian principles, particularly:

• Freedom with guidance: Educators choose their own research questions, how they carry out the research and how it is documented.  They are respectfully and sensitively guided by each other and the researchers. 
• Unity, connectedness and community: The research is rooted in the practice and is linked to the children’s and educator’s lived experiences.
• Learning through self-activity and reflection: Educators are constantly learning through reflecting and professionally discussing what they have observed, what they have done.  They seek, with guidance, to better understand both the children and themselves.

Working in this way leads to a continuous professional development of knowledgeable, nurturing educators.