Politics of Care in the Early Years in Australia since the Pandemic

Autor/in	Bryant, Lisa
Titel	Politics of Care in the Early Years in Australia since the Pandemic
Quelle	In: Global Studies of Childhood, 10 (2020) 4, S.395-400 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2043-6106
DOI	10.1177/2043610620978509
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Child Care; Early Childhood Education; Costs; Educational Change; Public Policy; Foreign Countries; School Closing; Teacher Student Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Family Environment; Political Attitudes; Safety; Federal Aid; Child Care Centers; Commercialization; Withdrawal (Education); Distance Education; Videoconferencing; Teaching Methods; Salaries; Females; Feminism; Politics of Education; Employed Parents; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Cost; Kosten; Bildungsreform; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ausland; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Familienmilieu; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Sicherheit; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kursabbruch; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Feminismus; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Australien
Abstract	Almost every part of human society have been impacted by COVID-19 and it has exposed our world's economic and social fault lines. How each country cared for their youngest members rapidly became obvious as one of those fault lines. Many countries had inadequate early education and care systems that quickly started to buckle under the impact of lockdowns. What happened in Australia, although unique in the exact way it played out, was essentially replicated around the world. Education and care of our youngest citizens was realised to be essential, market based care systems began to crumble, the government poured more subsidies into the system, and educators and teachers watched as their roles were reduced in the public's eye to childminders. Educators and teachers had to take on more work as they sought to engage with children at home, and sought to keep themselves safe. Eventually the government granted everybody that needed it, free 'childcare', a move that would see economists, feminists and families call for it to remain free once the country re-opened. The main opposition party has now joined that call and we may see a legacy of a re-imagined education and care system in Australia in the wake of the pandemic. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01