An Affordance Network for Engagement: Increasing Parent and Family Agency in an Early Childhood Education Setting

Autor/inn/en	Clarkin-Phillips, Jeanette; Carr, Margaret
Titel	An Affordance Network for Engagement: Increasing Parent and Family Agency in an Early Childhood Education Setting
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 20 (2012) 2, S.177-187 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2012.681130
Schlagwörter	Integrated Services; Early Childhood Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Young Children; Kindergarten; Interviews; Play; Family Programs; Parent Participation; Foreign Countries; Family Involvement; Parent Teacher Cooperation; New Zealand; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Frühe Kindheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Spiel; Family program; Familienprogramm; Elternmitwirkung; Ausland; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Neuseeland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Research from the United Kingdom suggests that early childhood centres that operate from a multi or integrated service model, offering opportunities for parents to attend to a range of their needs and aspirations, increase the ability and the inclination of families to engage with their child's learning at the early childhood centre. Integrated service models of early childhood education are a relatively new concept in Aotearoa New Zealand and it is only within the last three years that the government has introduced initiatives based on integrated services in early childhood education. This article reports on one initiative at one early childhood centre involved in the implementation of integrated services: the establishment of a playgroup for parents and caregivers with babies and toddlers. The authors analysed the impact of one of these initiatives, applying the notion of an affordance network for engagement as opportunities that are "available," "inviting," and "personalising": a framework that described affordances that progressively increased the possibilities of agency for the families. (Contains 1 table and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10