Neoliberalism and early childhood

M Sims - Cogent Education, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Over 30 years ago, Freire warned of the dangers of neoliberalism and Chomsky today sees
this as the greatest threat to democracy. Education is particularly targeted by the neoliberal …

Exploring the use of emoji as a visual research method for eliciting young children's voices in childhood research

J Fane, C MacDougall, J Jovanovic… - Early Child …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Recognition of the need to move from research on children to research with children has
prompted significant theoretical and methodological debate as to how young children can …

Giving institutional voice to work-integrated learning in academic workloads

J Jovanovic, J Fane, Y Andrew - … Journal of Work …, 2018 - researchnow.flinders.edu.au
Little is known about how university institutions are coping with increased placement
demands in professional disciplines, and what this means for the quality and integrity of the …

Scarcity and surveillance in early childhood education

K Sloan - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
At a time when national discourse in the USA centers the need for professionalization,
regulation, and surveillance, this article emphasizes the ways in which neoliberal logics …

Why aren't we there yet? A typology for evaluating resistant and counter-hegemonic practices

B Wu, C Oxworth - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Neo-liberalism continues to expand its grip on education, despite fierce opposition. As an
economic and political hegemony, neo-liberalism silences alternative viewpoints and …

Neoliberalism and post-colonialism in conflict: Hybridisation in early childhood in the South Pacific

M Sims, L Tiko - New Zealand International Research in Early …, 2019 - search.informit.org
The colonial history of the South Pacific resulted in generations of South Pacific Island
children being educated in what is fundamentally a western system, aiming to prepare them …

Bullying is not tolerated here: We have policies and procedures which protect staff. An auto-ethnography of frustration

M Sims - Sociology Insights, 2019 - rune.une.edu.au
This paper holds to account the ideas legitimising staff management practices currently
experienced in my workplace, a university, as bullying. Making these practices visible, and …

Exploring notions of community in a privately owned early childhood education and care centre in New Zealand

J Hamer, J Loveridge - Early Years, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
There has been increasing debate about the role early childhood education and care
(ECEC) plays within local and wider communities. This article reports on a small-scale case …

What Discourses Relating to the Purpose of Early Childhood Are Shaping the Work of Early Childhood Practitioners in Three Different Contexts: UK, Bhutan and Fiji?.

M Sims, E Alexander, K Pedey, L Tausere-Tiko - Journal of Education and …, 2018 - ERIC
We explore the way dominant political discourses are perceived to influence developing
professionalisation of early childhood in three contexts. The UK is strongly influenced by the …

[PDF][PDF] SUHDELUKU-SELVITYS

S Ranta, S Kettumäki, S Tilli, H Kuitunen, EK Seppänen… - tutkittuavarhaiskasvatuksesta.com
Varhaiskasvatustoiminnalle tehokkuusajattelu luo omat haasteensa. Sitä voidaan tarkastella
työntekijän ja lapsen hyvinvoinnin, kasvun ja kehityksen tukemisen sekä taloudellisten …