How Does "Community" Facilitate Early Childhood Service Use in a Multicultural Australian Suburb?

Autor/inn/en	Hopkins, Liza; Lorains, Jen; Issaka, Ayuba; Podbury, Rachel
Titel	How Does "Community" Facilitate Early Childhood Service Use in a Multicultural Australian Suburb?
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 15 (2017) 1, S.3-16 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X14552876
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Early Childhood Education; Decision Making; Cultural Pluralism; Qualitative Research; Focus Groups; Family (Sociological Unit); Educational Quality; Place Based Education; Program Descriptions; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Immigrants; Suburbs; Information Sources; Community Services; English (Second Language); Second Languages; Access to Information; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Kulturpluralismus; Qualitative Forschung; Familie; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Einzugsbereich; Information source; Informationsquelle; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Second language; Zweitsprache; Australien
Abstract	Participation in early childhood development and education services is an important contributor to how well children develop throughout their early years and their success later in life. This article reports on research which examined how multicultural groups identify and use their community connections to share information and inform decision-making about and access to early childhood services. Taking a qualitative approach, the research involved focus groups with families with young children from various cultural backgrounds. The project found that families defined their community as a collective of people, generally from a like cultural background, but they also identified geographical area/place as an important contributor to their community connections. The research also identified that the way in which culturally diverse groups define and interact within their community influences their level of knowledge about available early childhood services and the credibility they place on information they receive. The findings suggest that this subsequently influences their decision-making about which early childhood services they access. The interconnectedness of these factors suggests that the broader social environments of young children are critical in their receiving high quality early development and learning opportunities. Understanding the interconnections between the people and places which constitute communities is essential for early years service providers to engage the families most in need. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01