Sims, Margaret and Alexander, Elise and Nislin, Mari and Pedey, Karma and Tiko, Lavinia and Sajaniemi, Nina (2018) Infant and toddler educare: A challenge to neoliberalism. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 8 (1). NA. ISSN 2223-7674
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Abstract
We contend that the conventions, practices and philosophies underpinning working with infants and toddlers provide an alternative way of viewing early childhood work, and such a perspective may well help to challenge the ‘wicked problem’ of neoliberalism. It is in this context that we propose that a deeper understanding of the perspectives of those professionals working with our youngest children in a range of different countries may inform a wider resistance to neoliberalism across all of early childhood. We seek, in this article, to share the voices of early childhood professionals reflecting on the manner in which they understand work with infants and toddlers, and how this relates to their understanding of issues related to education and care. We hope this exploration will lead us into further refining our argument that infant and toddler pedagogy has the potential to challenge the hegemony of neoliberalism in early childhood. Our dream is to steer early childhood away from the tyranny of standardisation, accountability and economic rationality into a space where children are valued for being, where individuality and diversity flourish, where learning academics is one (relatively unimportant) element amongst many others and where relationships and participation (and dare we say, happiness) reign supreme.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Fulori Nainoca - Waqairagata |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2018 23:36 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2018 23:36 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/10736 |
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