Neoliberalism and Government Responses to COVID-19: Ramifications for Early Childhood Education and Care

Autor/inn/en	Sims, Margaret; Calder, Pamela; Moloney, Mary; Rothe, Antje; Rogers, Marg; Doan, Laura; Kakana, Domna; Georgiadou, Sofia
Titel	Neoliberalism and Government Responses to COVID-19: Ramifications for Early Childhood Education and Care
Quelle	In: Issues in Educational Research, 32 (2022) 3, S.1174-1195 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sims, Margaret) ORCID (Calder, Pamela) ORCID (Moloney, Mary) ORCID (Rogers, Marg) ORCID (Kakana, Domna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-7155
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; COVID-19; Pandemics; Disease Control; Early Childhood Education; Decision Making; Ethnography; Policy Analysis; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Professionalism; Social Differences; Human Capital; Labor Market; Child Care; Child Care Centers; Preschools; Family Work Relationship; Family Environment; Educational Finance; School Closing; Public Policy; Preschool Teachers; Child Caregivers; Australia; Canada; United Kingdom (England); Germany; Greece; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ethnografie; Politikfeldanalyse; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Professionalität; Sozialer Unterschied; Humankapital; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Familienmilieu; Bildungsfonds; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Öffentliche Ordnung; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Australien; Kanada; Deutschland; Griechenland; Irland
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to examine the initial policies developed by Australian, Canadian, English, German, Greek and Irish governments to limit the spread of the virus. This has revealed governments' conceptualisation of the early childhood sector and its workforce. This paper argues that neoliberal ideology and neoliberal imaginaries have already influenced the early childhood sector globally. During the pandemic, the choices that governments made at the outset of the pandemic has allowed their priorities and underlying ideology to be more transparent. Using an ethnographic methodology, early childhood researchers from each of the six countries, examined their individual governments policy responses and the effects on the early childhood sector during its initial months (between March and June 2020). The authors consider the extent to which this may have implications for the sector in how it should continue its ongoing pursuit of professionalisation of the sector. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01