Dr Eva Mikuska
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 interim Departmental Director for Research Degree (DDPGR).
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
2025
The impact of gender diversity on expression – the language of sexuality – how early childhood studies students understand the semantics of gender dysphoria
Kurowski, A., Mikuska, E.
3 Mar 2025, In: Educational Role of Language Journal. 2, 15p.
An examination of the correlation and compromises of Ofsted, The National Curriculum, and Physical Education in British Schools
Hamilton, S., Malhi, T., Mikuska, E.
23 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Applied Technical and Educational Sciences. 14, 4, p. 1-23, 23p.
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
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.
Research into trainees
Barton, S., Fairchild, N., Mikuska, E., Sabine, A. J. W.
20 Jan 2023, In: Early Years Educator, 33p.