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This special issue arose from critical dialogue about injustice in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in England between diverse people engaged in practice, research and...
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Government policy for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England often focuses on group-based settings such as nurseries (Penn, 2024). However, much childcare takes place within homes...
In this blog post, I explore the importance of community not-for-profit nurseries, their threatened demise and how they may be conserved. As I come to the end of leading an independent,...
In this third contribution to the special issue we consider the complex issue of early years educators’ (EYEs) professional voices being heard and acted upon in contemporary policy debates about...
A crisis exists relating to the status of qualifications and pay in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce in England (Nutbrown, 2021) marked by both low pay and morale. In this...
In this reflective blog post for this special issue, we draw on a vignette of the nursery practices that are everyday acts of advocacy. Our commentary foregrounds the unacknowledged labour of...
Kristine Alexandra is a final-year PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at Monash University in Australia. She is the recipient of the Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, which is...
Dr Babak Dadvand is a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education at La Trobe University. His research centres on equity and social justice, with a focus on preparing and supporting teachers in...
In this blog post, two managers of independent nurseries critically review the expansion of publicly funded childcare in England to include children aged nine months. Specifically, we examine the...