Musgrave, Jackie
(2010).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2010.11.4.435 |
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Abstract
This article examines the implications of recent and proposed changes to the college-based training of practitioners in early childhood education (ECE). These changes will change the length of courses by shortening them and, therefore, the depth of teaching that students will experience on a college-based course. The links between level of education and improved outcomes for children are discussed. This colloquium explores how these changes may impact on the professionalization of the early childhood workforce. Definitions of professionalism found in the early childhood literature and the notion of the professional ECE student are explored. The current barriers to viewing ECE as a profession and the ongoing professionalism of the field are discussed, as are possible solutions to removing the barriers.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| ISSN: | 1463-9491 |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport > Education Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) |
| Item ID: | 53054 |
| Depositing User: | Jackie Musgrave |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2018 11:36 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2018 19:05 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/53054 |
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