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Peer reviewedOberhuemer, Pamela; Ulich, Michaela – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1997
Surveyed training in 15 EU countries. Investigated how countries conceptualize and organize early childhood services; division between age groups; and types of administrative structure, provision, and training considered appropriate for different age groups. Found differences in level and length of training, generalization versus specialization as…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Download full textOberhuemer, Pamela – 1999
This paper, presented in three parts, examines the role of the early childhood professional in Europe. Part 1 of the paper examines how various European countries broadly conceptualize the early childhood professional role. Four broad categories are described: (1) early childhood pedagogue; (2) preschool specialist; (3) teacher; and (4) social…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
The Changing Practitioner Role in Early Childhood Centres: Multiple Shifts and Contradictory Forces.
Peer reviewedOberhuemer, Pamela; Colberg-Schrader, Hedi – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1999
Explores role of early-childhood practitioners against background of shifts in social context and sociopolitical climate of early-childhood education and care in Germany. Maintains that practitioners are links in the process of repositioning early-childhood centers in quality debate. Discusses need for newly defined role combining family-centered…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Child Caregivers
