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Discovering the Hidden Work of Commodified Care: The Case of Early Childhood Educators
Social SciencesThe COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the care economy, including commodified early childhood education and care (ECEC). While there is some literature about the low paid, invisible, and undervalued skills among the predominantly female workforce ...
Frances Press +5 more
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Nordisk barnehageforskning, 2017 This paper investigates how teachers at Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions interpret the national curriculum’s mandate that children should learn about religion and religious festivals. The results from an empirical study conducted in one religiously diverse ECEC, which is attended by children from both Christian and ...
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Education InquiryThis special issue focuses on important facets of market-oriented reforms in Nordic Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). It aims to promote discussion on interlinked dimensions of marketisation, privatisation and commercialisation in Nordic ECEC ...
Sara Carlbaum, Linda Rönnberg
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A randomised controlled trial of an implementation strategy delivered at scale to increase outdoor free play opportunities in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services: a study protocol for the get outside get active (GOGA) trial. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2022 Yoong SL +16 more
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Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government
London Review of Education, 2015 This paper reviews developments in policy on early childhood education and care – early years – under the Coalition Government in England. Three factors came to define the Coalition's performance and record in this area: ambivalence about the rationales
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Journal of Early Childhood Education ResearchEvidence-based interventions can develop social and emotional competencies and foster social relationships during early childhood. In this paper, we explored the efficacy, implementation fidelity, and social validity of two systemic, preventive social ...
Noora Heiskanen +6 more
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Scottish Journal of Residential Child CareIn 2012, Scotland’s Early Years Collaborative committed to making Scotland ‘the best place in the world to grow up’. The Scottish Government has acknowledged the importance of early support for children and families to reduce inequalities, deprivation ...
Julia Clark
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(Un)expected Emotions and Teamwork: Narratives of Early Childhood Education Practitioners
Nordic Journal of Working Life StudiesThis study investigates expectations of teamwork and related emotions as described by Finnish early childhood education practitioners. The data, which consist of video-cued interviews with 15 practitioners in early childhood education and care (ECEC ...
Essi Hanhikoski +4 more
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Early Child Development and CareThis study focuses on children’s own perceptions of participation inNorwegian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings.Research on children’s perceptions of participation in different ECECactivities has been limited. Semi-structured conversations wereconducted with a small group of 16 five-year-old children from twoECEC institutions ...
Anne Holla Sivertsen, Kathrine Bjørgen
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International Journal of Early ChildhoodAbstract Despite widespread agreement that infants' emotional well-being is contingent on adult practices, little is known about what these “look like” in ECEC contexts. Given the heightened emotional demands placed on infants during early transitions, this study set out to understand the practices of ECEC teachers to ameliorate infant ...
E. Jayne White +6 more
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