Selectivity of Clientele in Finnish Private Early Childhood Education and Care

Autor/inn/en	Ruutiainen, Ville; Alasuutari, Maarit; Karila, Kirsti
Titel	Selectivity of Clientele in Finnish Private Early Childhood Education and Care
Quelle	In: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 7 (2021) 2, S.91-105 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ruutiainen, Ville) ORCID (Alasuutari, Maarit) ORCID (Karila, Kirsti)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2002-0317
DOI	10.1080/20020317.2021.1911161
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Private Schools; Early Childhood Education; Child Care Centers; Educational Change; Neoliberalism; Selective Admission; Marketing; Equal Education; Teaching Methods; Educational Philosophy; Decision Making; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Selection Criteria; Preschool Children; Administrator Attitudes; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Private school; Privatschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Bildungsreform; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Bildungsselektion; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Finnland
Abstract	In accordance with the Nordic welfare model, the Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) system has traditionally been based on public provision and the idea of universalism. However, over the last twenty years the ECEC system has undergone market-oriented reforms. As a result, the share of private for-profit ECEC provision has grown significantly. By applying impression management theory, this qualitative research examines how representatives of private ECEC providers describe the selection and selectivity of their clientele and how they aim at managing the impression they convey through their descriptions. The study shows how three different mechanisms of selectivity are produced and legitimized in the interview talk. Furthermore, the study makes visible the cultural assumptions and expectations related to private ECEC provision and the potential selectivity it produces. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01