Framed as an extension of Noddings' notion of the 'ethic of care,'the paper sets out an
argument about 'Professional Love'as both a term to comprehend the reciprocal pedagogic …

This paper discusses society's lack of recognition of the Early Childhood Education and
Care (ECEC) workforce as professionals, and its emotional impact that this deficit has on …

Children's well-being has received extensive research attention and has a central role in
early childhood policy and curricular guidelines. However, the well-being of early childhood …

For decades the early childhood sector has been pursuing recognition as a profession. In
that time the sector in Australia has developed national legislation, an early childhood …

It is widely accepted that the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce is central
to the quality of services. Modernist constructs of quality signal the importance of …

It is generally accepted that Early Childhood Education and Care should adopt a holistic
view on education, in which education and care are inseparable concepts. Perspectives of …

This article explores belonging as social interaction in relation to power and values. Power
has both positive and negative aspects. We view children as active agents with the power to …

In this paper, I propose a theoretical framework for understanding professional care in the
context of Early Childhood and Care (ECEC). This proposal aims at further developing a …

This collective writing project considers the central issue of how we account for, understand,
and talk about, the professional work of care in early childhood education. As an …

This article asks the question of what documentation is doing, rather than what
documentation means in the context of early childhood education. By focusing on the …