Quality early childhood education and care practices: The importance of skills, knowledge and the early childhood graduate practitioner competences

E Mikuska, N Fairchild, A Sabine… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article focuses on the English Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector's
perception of graduates in the workforce. Previous research has already highlighted the …

String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

N Fairchild, É Mikuska - British Educational Research Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has
generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications …

Policy and Governmentality of Early Childhood Education and Care in England

E Mikuska - Pedagoška stvarnost, 2023 - researchportal.port.ac.uk
This paper provides an overview and investigates the English Early Childhood Education
and Care (ECEC) policy landscape. It introduces the political and ECEC policy history, and …