Quality in Early Years Settings: Government, Research and Practitioners' Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Cottle, Michelle; Alexander, Elise
Titel	Quality in Early Years Settings: Government, Research and Practitioners' Perspectives
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 38 (2012) 4, S.635-654 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1080/01411926.2011.571661
Schlagwörter	Public Policy; Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Educational Quality; Early Childhood Education; Teacher Attitudes; Interviews; Focus Groups; Government Role; Educational History; Politics of Education; Preschool Teachers; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Ordnung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lehrerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational policy; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article begins by outlining the UK Government policy context, offering a brief critique before moving on to summarise recent research into "quality" in the early years. The main body of the article locates the perspectives of early years practitioners within this context, drawing on data from an Economic and Social Research Council-funded study of 18 early years settings, including interviews and focused group discussions with 165 practitioners. The findings reveal that practitioners' understandings of "quality" are influenced by government discourses but appear to be linked to the context of their setting together their personal and professional histories. In discussing the nature of "quality", the authors focus on tensions inherent in the government discourses and draw out the implications for children's experiences and the training and development of early years practitioners. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10