This title opens up debate about the meaning of professionalism in the early childhood context. It draws together the work of an international group of scholars who ask if professionalism can be conceptualised in diverse and changing early childhood settings.
This title opens up debate about the meaning of professionalism in the early childhood context. It draws together the work of an international group o...
Early childhood education and care is a major policy issue for national governments and international organisations. This book contests two stories, both infused by neoliberal thinking, that dominate early childhood policy making today - the story of quality and high returns and the story of markets, stories that promise high returns on investment if only the right technologies are applied to children and the perfection of a system based on competition and individual choice.
But there are alternative stories and this book tells one: a story of democracy, experimentation and potentiality...
Early childhood education and care is a major policy issue for national governments and international organisations. This book contests two stories...
Once the Cinderella of the education system, early years education has evolved into a much more substantially funded sector with staff experiencing greater opportunities for higher-level training and education as well as increasing demands. This book reflects practitioner debates about fundamental questions such as whether or not their field of work is a profession at all. Two key arguments are presented. The first is that early years education has matured to the point that pedagogical and regulatory frameworks have been introduced and linked to a terminology of professionalism. This has...
Once the Cinderella of the education system, early years education has evolved into a much more substantially funded sector with staff experiencing...
