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Early Years Educator, 2012
It is tempting when faced with change to put up the barriers and to find and amplify faults, this... more It is tempting when faced with change to put up the barriers and to find and amplify faults, this should not be necessary for the revised Early Years Foundation Stage, which has many positives for practice.
Throughout the last forty years, policy and practice in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)... more Throughout the last forty years, policy and practice in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in England has increasingly demanded a strong and reciprocal partnership with parents. Family policy has become intertwined with ECEC policy with the drive to instil a standardised model of good parenting to facilitate the eradication of child poverty. As a result, ECEC practitioners have a responsibility to support good parenting; however, a uniform model of parenting does not reflect the socio-economic and cultural constructs of contemporary family life. The personal and professional roles of caring for babies and young children are naturally closely aligned, and many ECEC practitioners are parents themselves. This study investigated this perception, and asked the question: ‘How might ECEC practitioners’ experiences of mothering influence and inform their working practice with parents?’ The research offers a psychosocial theoretical framework that embraces social theory alongside conc...
Early Years Educator, 2012
It is tempting when faced with change to put up the barriers and to find and amplify faults, this... more It is tempting when faced with change to put up the barriers and to find and amplify faults, this should not be necessary for the revised Early Years Foundation Stage, which has many positives for practice.
Throughout the last forty years, policy and practice in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)... more Throughout the last forty years, policy and practice in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in England has increasingly demanded a strong and reciprocal partnership with parents. Family policy has become intertwined with ECEC policy with the drive to instil a standardised model of good parenting to facilitate the eradication of child poverty. As a result, ECEC practitioners have a responsibility to support good parenting; however, a uniform model of parenting does not reflect the socio-economic and cultural constructs of contemporary family life. The personal and professional roles of caring for babies and young children are naturally closely aligned, and many ECEC practitioners are parents themselves. This study investigated this perception, and asked the question: ‘How might ECEC practitioners’ experiences of mothering influence and inform their working practice with parents?’ The research offers a psychosocial theoretical framework that embraces social theory alongside conc...