Overcoming the Challenges of Family Childcare Educators in Canada: A Family Ecological Theory Approach

Autor/in	Woodman, Laura
Titel	Overcoming the Challenges of Family Childcare Educators in Canada: A Family Ecological Theory Approach
Quelle	In: in education, 28 (2022) 1, S.77-93 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Woodman, Laura)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6117
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Child Caregivers; Barriers; Ecology; Family Environment; Individual Development; Employment; Small Businesses; Human Dignity; Social Attitudes; Interpersonal Relationship; Salary Wage Differentials; Social Isolation; Educational Needs; Theories; Child Care Centers; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Ökologie; Familienmilieu; Individuelle Entwicklung; Dienstverhältnis; Kleingewerbe; Menschenwürde; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Soziale Isolation; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Theory; Theorie; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kanada
Abstract	This paper explores a framework of family ecological theory for overcoming the challenges facing family childcare educators (FCC educators), who care for small groups of children in their own home. Pathways to overcoming these barriers through an ecological approach will be outlined by critically examining current research on these challenges. In this way, I justify using ecological theory as an effective tool for conceptualizing the challenges of FCC educators. Ecological theory describes how people's growth and change is influenced by the contexts around them (Bronfenbrenner, 1986). For isolated FCC educators working alone with young children, the limited interactions, supports, and environments they encounter offer incredible meaning and possibility. Examining how the challenges they face can be overcome with a family ecological theory approach illuminates many avenues for success in this unique population. In this paper, the four main challenges of lack of respect, low wages and funding, isolation, and lack of training currently facing FCC educators are examined with an ecological lens to highlight opportunities for positive change. Final thoughts of how this benefits others using an ecological theory framework conclude this paper. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01