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Turning the tide on private profit-focused provision in early childhood education [1]

Author: 
Mitchell, L.
Source: 
New Zealand Annual Review of Education
Format: 
Article
Publication Date: 
3 Jan 2020
AVAILABILITY
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Abstract 

The article analyses a market-based approach to early childhood education (ECE) provision and the growth of for-profit ECE provision, evidence about ‘quality’ and accessibility, and problems occurring when a need for private profit conflicts with the best interests of families and children. The issue of for-profit provision is set within the context of international developments and solutions in Europe, UK, US and Canada. Immediate steps that might be taken for a democratic system of community-based and public early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand are pinpointed. Overall, the article offers possibilities for asserting democratic values as a way towards alternatives in Aotearoa New Zealand’s early childhood education provision.

Related link: 
Child care in transition: A case study on for-profit care owners in Nova Scotia [4]
Region: 
International [5]
Tags: 
for-profit [6]
quality [7]

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[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/25/04/turning-tide-private-profit-focused-provision-early [2] https://ojs.wgtn.ac.nz/nzaroe/article/view/6330 [3] https://ojs.wgtn.ac.nz/nzaroe/article/view/6330/5493 [4] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/25/04/child-care-transition-case-study-profit-care-owners-nova [5] https://childcarecanada.org/category/region/international [6] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/profit [7] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/quality