Queering Child/hood Policies: Canadian Examples and Perspectives

Autor/in	Ruffolo, David V.
Titel	Queering Child/hood Policies: Canadian Examples and Perspectives
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 10 (2009) 3, S.291-308 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1463-9491
DOI	10.2304/ciec.2009.10.3.291
Schlagwörter	Privatization; Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Quality Control; Foreign Countries; Economic Factors; Public Policy; Homosexuality; Theories; Educational Change; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Self Concept; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Privatisation; Privatisierung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Qualitätskontrolle; Ausland; Ökonomischer Faktor; Öffentliche Ordnung; Homosexualität; Theory; Theorie; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Selbstkonzept; Kanada
Abstract	This article examines how notions of "child" and "childhood" are produced in relation to recent early childhood policies in Ontario, Canada. It centers on an ongoing shift from Foucauldian disciplinary societies to Deleuzian control societies where it is argued that early childhood subjects (researchers, students, educators, administrators, and parents) are becoming less confined to specific spaces and tasks and are more controlled by the flows of knowledge, information, and communication. Current public policy debates are used to explore how early childhood education (ece) is becoming increasingly aligned with neoliberal calls for privatization, corporatization, and marketization. For instance, evidence-based practices and quality control indicators are quickly replacing developmental norms that have traditionally normalized and abnormalized children. The consequences of these transformations are examined using queer theory as a critical lens to explore how the identities of ECE subjects are deeply implicated in social, cultural, political, and economic factors--influences that are changing as a result of the shift from discipline to control. (Contains 15 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10