Women's Reflections on Choosing Quality Long Day Care in a Regional Community

Autor/in	Harris, Nonie
Titel	Women's Reflections on Choosing Quality Long Day Care in a Regional Community
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 33 (2008) 3, S.42-49 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0312-5033
Schlagwörter	Females; Mother Attitudes; Child Care; Selection; Experience; Foreign Countries; Private Sector; Public Policy; Geographic Regions; Free Enterprise System; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Mutterliebe; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Auslese; Erfahrung; Ausland; Privater Sektor; Öffentliche Ordnung; Freie Wirtschaft; Australien
Abstract	This article qualitatively explores women's experiences of choosing quality long day care in a regional community. The study complements recent quantitative research on the quality implications of increased for-profit childcare provision. It also adds to our understanding of current childcare policy by focusing on the experiences of women in a regional location. The women in this study associated the expansion of the corporate childcare sector with a decline in care quality and claimed that the "market" approach to child care provision had diminished their choices. Corporate, one-size-fits-all childcare services, managed in distant capital cities, were seen to be unresponsive to the needs of their regional community. These results challenge the Federal Government's rhetoric on childcare choice and encourage policy-makers to re-examine the quality implications of a dominant corporate care sector. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10