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 …

Early childhood teachers' emotions have increasingly received the attention of researchers
in the past decades. The present study conducted a systematic review of the research on …

In this paper, we ponder the ecologies of spacetimematterings folded into resistance
practices and their relationality with figurations of agency outside and beyond datafication …

With the outbreak of COVID-19 being declared a pandemic by the World Health
Organisation, educators worldwide are facing a major challenge in how to adapt, become …

This study investigates our role as early years researchers in qualitative data analysis. We
draw on our doctoral studies to address how the co-construction, co-performance and co …

Partnering with families is an explicit regulatory and role requirement for early childhood
educators, yet the emotional labour involved is implicit and relatively unacknowledged …

In England, music education policy is deeply rooted in neoliberal ideologies, shaping
classroom practice and assessments. This paper presents findings from a four-year funded …

This article unpacks ECE professional associations and unions (ECEPAUs) pathways of
resistance to a 'Universal Nursery Policy Project'(UNPP) and how ECEPAUs have …

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 …

Theoretically, the process of young learners acquiring language and how a teacher teaches
the language is different. The process requires pedagogical and linguistic skills for the …