2,614
Views
24
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Who cares? Infant educators’ responses to professional discourses of care

&
Pages 1733-1747 | Received 13 Dec 2014, Accepted 02 Mar 2015, Published online: 23 Apr 2015

References

  • Ailwood, J. (2007). Mothers, teachers, maternalism and early childhood education and care: Some historical connections. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 8(2), 157–165. doi: 10.2304/ciec.2007.8.2.157
  • Akerlind, G. S. (2005). Variation and commonality in phenomenographic research methods. Higher Education Research & Development, 24(4), 321–334. doi: 10.1080/07294360500284672
  • Andrew, Y., & Newman, B. (2012). The value of childcare: Class, gender and caring labour. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 13(3), 242–247. doi: 10.2304/ciec.2012.13.3.242
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2011). Childhood education and care, Australia, June 2011. (4402.0). Retrieved from http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4402.0
  • Australian Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations. (2009). Being, belonging and becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia. Canberra: Author.
  • Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101. doi: 10.1191/1478088706qp063oa
  • Brennan, D. (2007). The ABC of child care politics. Australian Journal of Social Issues (Australian Council of Social Service), 42(2), 213–225. Retrieved from http://simsrad.net.ocs.mq.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25579884&site=ehost-live
  • Brooker, L. (2010). Constructing the triangle of care: Power and professionalism in practitioner/parent relationships. British Journal of Educational Studies, 58(2), 181–196. doi: 10.1080/00071001003752203
  • Dahlberg, G., Moss, P., & Pence, A. (2007a). Beyond quality in early childhood education and care: Languages of evaluation. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Dahlberg, G., Moss, P., & Pence, A. (2007b). Ethics and politics in early childhood education: Languages and evaluation. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Dalli, C. (2008). Pedagogy, knowledge and collaboration: Towards a ground-up perspective on professionalism. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 171–185. doi: 10.1080/13502930802141600
  • Degotardi, S., & Pearson, E. (2009). Relationship theory in the nursery: Attachment and beyond. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 10(2), 144–145. doi: 10.2304/ciec.2009.10.2.144
  • Degotardi, S., & Pearson, E. (2014). The relationship worlds of infants and toddlers. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
  • Fairclough, N. (2003). Analysing discourse: Textual analysis for social research. London: Routledge.
  • Fisher, B., & Tronto, J. (1990). Toward a feminist theory of caring. In E. K. Abel & M. K. Nelson (Eds.), Circles of care: Work and identity in women's lives (pp. 35–62). New York: State University of New York.
  • Gilligan, C. (1982). In a different voice: Psychological theory and women's development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Goldstein, L. S., & Lake, V. E. (2000). ‘Love, love and more love for children': Exploring preservice teachers’ understandings of caring. Teaching and Teacher Education, 16, 861–872. doi: 10.1016/S0742-051X(00)00031-7
  • Goouch, K., & Powell, S. (2013). The baby room: Principles, policy and practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
  • Grieshaber, S. J., & Cannella, G. S. (2001). From identity to identities: Increasing possibilities in early childhood education. In S. Grieshaber & G. S. Cannella (Eds.), Embracing identities in early childhood education: Diversity & possibilities (pp. 3–22). New York: Teachers College Press.
  • McDowall Clark, R., & Baylis, S. (2012). ‘Wasted down there’: Policy and practice with the under-threes. Early Years, 32(2), 229–242. doi: 10.1080/09575146.2011.652939
  • Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Noddings, N. (1984). Caring: A feminine approach to ethics and moral education. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Noddings, N. (1996). The cared for. In S. Gordon, P. Benner, & N. Noddings (Eds.), Caregiving: Readings in knowledge, practice, ethics, and politics (pp. 21–39). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Noddings, N. (2002). Starting at home: Caring and social policy. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Noddings, N. (2003). Is teaching a practice? Journal of Philosophy of Education, 37(2), 241–251. doi: 10.1111/1467-9752.00323
  • Nuttall, J., & Edwards, S. (2007). Theory, policy and practice: Three contexts for the development of Australia's early childhood curriculum documents. In L. Keesing-Styles & H. Hedges (Eds.), Theorising early childhood practice: Emerging dialogues (pp. 3–25). Baulkham Hills, NSW: Pademelon Press.
  • Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (2001). Starting strong: Early childhood education and care. Paris: Author.
  • Page, J. (2011). Do mothers want professional carers to love their babies? Journal of Early Childhood Research, 9(3), 310–323. doi: 10.1177/1476718X11407980
  • Page, J., Clare, A., & Nutbrown, C. (2013). Working with babies and children: From birth to three (2nd ed.). London: SAGE.
  • Powell, S., & Goouch, K. (2012). Whose hand rocks the cradle? Parallel discourse in the baby room. Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 32(2), 113–127. doi: 10.1080/09575146.2012.687865
  • Press, F., & Hayes, A. (2000). OECD thematic review of early childhood education and care policy. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/australia/1900259.pdf
  • Productivity Commission. (2014). Childcare and early childhood learning, draft report. Retrieved from http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/138383/childcare-draft.pdf
  • Recchia, S. L., & Shin, M. (2010). ‘Baby teachers’: How pre-service early childhood students transform their conceptions of teaching and learning through an infant practicum. Early Years, 30(2), 135–145. doi: 10.1080/09575141003648357
  • Richards, L., & Morse, J. M. (2013). Readme first for a user's guide to qualitative methods (3rd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
  • Rockel, J. (2009). A pedagogy of care: Moving beyond the margins of managing work and minding babies. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(3), 1–8. Retrieved from http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;res=AEIPT;issn=1836-9391;py=2009;vol=34;iss=3;spage=1
  • Sevenhuijsen, S. (2000). Caring in the third way: The relationship between obligation, responsibility and care in third way discourse. Critical Social Policy, 62, 5–37. doi: 10.1177/026101830002000102
  • Shin, M. (2014). Enacting caring pedagogy in the infant classroom. Early Child Development and Care, 185(3), 1–13.
  • Sumsion, J., Barnes, S., Cheeseman, S., Harrison, L., Kennedy, A., & Stonehouse, A. (2009). Insider perspectives on developing belonging, being and becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(4), 4–13.
  • Taggart, G. (2011). Don't we care? The ethics and emotional labour of early years professionalism. Early Years, 31(1), 85–95. doi: 10.1080/09575146.2010.536948
  • Taggart, G. (2014). Compassionate pedagogy: The ethics of care in early childhood professionalism. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. doi:10.1080/1350293X.2014.970847
  • Tronto, J. (1993). Moral boundaries: A political argument for an ethic of care. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Tronto, J. C. (2010). Creating caring institutions: Politics, plurality, and purpose. Ethics and Social Welfare, 4(2), 158–171. doi: 10.1080/17496535.2010.484259
  • Wilks, A., Nyland, B., Chancellor, B., & Elliot, S. (2008). An analysis of curriculum/learning frameworks for the early years (birth to age 8). East Melbourne: State Government Department of Victoria, Department of Education and Early Child Development and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
  • Yin, R. K. (2014). Case study research: Design and methods. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.