The Regulatory Environment in Long Day Care: A "Double-Edged Sword" for Early Childhood Professional Practice

Autor/inn/en	Fenech, Marianne; Sumsion, Jennifer; Goodfellow, Joy
Titel	The Regulatory Environment in Long Day Care: A "Double-Edged Sword" for Early Childhood Professional Practice
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 31 (2006) 3, S.49-58 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0312-5033
Schlagwörter	Risk Management; Time; Professional Autonomy; Foreign Countries; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; State Regulation; Compliance (Legal); Quality Control; Accreditation (Institutions); Young Children; Child Care; Standards; Focus Groups; Females; Decision Making; Accountability; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikomanagement; Zeit; Berufsfreiheit; Ausland; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lehrerverhalten; Staatliche Lenkung; Qualitätskontrolle; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Frühe Kindheit; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Standard; Weibliches Geschlecht; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Verantwortung; Australien
Abstract	While early childhood professionals in NSW are accountable to a substantial collection of regulatory requirements, little research has explored the outcomes of this regulatory environment, both intended and otherwise. This paper presents findings from a NSW study and shows how early childhood professionals working in long day care centres perceive the regulatory environment to impact on their professional practice. Specific attention is given to the impact of the national Quality Improvement and Accreditation System and the NSW Children's Services Regulation. The notion of the regulatory environment as a "double-edged sword" emerges as a useful conceptual metaphor to understand how early childhood professionals perceive these regulatory frameworks to impact on their practice. Findings show that the benefits afforded by accreditation and the Regulation are offset by unfulfilled intentions and unintended outcomes. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10