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Poblete Núñez, Ximena – Gender and Education, 2020
In this paper, I discuss how professional identities in early childhood education in Chile are performatively constituted within the interplay between a religious discourse of vocation and gender. 'Having the vocation' has become a regime of truth that regulates and governs educators' behaviours, motivations and relationships in their workplace.…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Gender Differences, Professional Identity, Early Childhood Education
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Rivalland, Corine; Armstrong, Lauren C.; Monk, Hilary – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
Early childhood education has undergone immense change over the years. In Australia, this has included the introduction of curriculum and quality frameworks [ACECQA. 2012. "National Quality Framework." http://acecqa.gov.au/national-quality-framework/the-national-quality-standard; DEEWR. 2009. "Belonging, Being and Becoming: The…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Guidelines
Turner, Michelle; Noble, Karen – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2015
Phenomenograhy, as an approach to educational research, began appearing in publications early in the 1980s with the predominant form of data drawn from semi-structured interviews. As a qualitative approach, it is used to describe the variations in people's experiences through their own discourse and for analyzing meaning that people ascribe to…
Descriptors: Art, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education
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Osgood, Jayne – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2010
This paper is concerned to present professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) as a sociocultural construction. In particular the article is concerned with how professional identities are inflected by autobiography and the spaces and opportunities that exist for the construction of alternative professional identities. Drawing on a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Caregivers, Self Concept, Professional Recognition
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Powell, Sacha; Goouch, Kathy – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
This article explores the practice narratives of a group of 25 caregivers who work with babies in daycare settings in England and seeks to illustrate awareness of, resistance to and compliance with powerful discourses. It is argued that multiple voices exert an influence over baby room practice, disempowering the caregivers and reducing their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Preschool Children, Child Care Centers