Children's agentic capacity, schoolification and risk. Competing discourses and young children's experiences in pre-school settings.

Autor/inn/en	Patton, Karen; Winter, Karen
Titel	Children's agentic capacity, schoolification and risk. Competing discourses and young children's experiences in pre-school settings.
Quelle	In: Journal of curriculum studies, 54 (2022) 5, S. 647-664Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272; 1366-5839
DOI	10.1080/00220272.2022.2113916
Schlagwörter	Erfahrung; Angst; Angst; Curriculum; Erfahrung; Kind; Pädagoge; Vorschule; Handlungsfähigkeit; Kind; Vorschule; Curriculum; Pädagoge; Handlungsfähigkeit
Abstract	In the Republic of Ireland there has been substantial investment in Early Years provision. The number of different types of settings for pre-school children and the associated research has grown significantly. This paper contributes to existing knowledge by reporting the findings of a qualitative participatory study carried out in the Republic of Ireland and involving a comparative analysis of the views of 90 pre-school children from three different types of setting. Within a conceptual framework that acknowledges the impact of neo-liberalism, the paper argues that despite the growing diversity of settings, provision is underpinned by three main dominant discourses, namely schoolification, risk avoidance and quality assurance. The influence of these on the lived experiences of young children is then explored focusing in particular on how, and in what ways, children exercise their agentic capacity. It is argued that young children's opportunities to exercise their social agency is at times constrained because of the influence of the combined discourses, which creates a sense of fear in staff (fear of parental complaint, fear of losing job, status and setting registration). Implications for provision and practice are explored.
Erfasst von	IPN - Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik an der Universität Kiel
Update	2023/1