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Stories of governance as an assemblage

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ID11488747
AuthorsMaiju Paananen (0000-0002-1072-1923, Tampere University, corresponding author), Susan Grieshaber (0000-0003-2919-0904, La Trobe University)
Year2023
Volume38
Issue3
Pages367-385
Publication date2023-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Education Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02680939.2021.2021296
OpenAlexW4205991206
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited38

The early childhood education (ECE) sector has been subjected to increased governance, which has manifested in an increased focus on monitoring and steering the daily life of preschools. It is well documented that instruments of governance change teachers’ priorities and practices. Changes are not always in line with the aims of the governing instrument. Empirical studies concerning governance in children’s everyday lives have been rarer. Understanding the mechanisms of governance in the everyday lives of teachers and children requires theoretical tools which allow researchers to notice heterogeneous and situational elements that play a role in the act of governance. We explore governance in the contexts of ECE in two countries, Finland and Australia, with the help of ethnographic data and the concept of ‘assemblage’. We propose an ontological foundation for governance research in ECE. We argue that taking socio-materiality as an ontological foundation of the research inquiry helps to see how the density of the socio-material elements of the situation may intensify the possibility of governing instruments interrupting meaningful interaction between children and adults

Accountability · Aesthetics · Assemblage (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economics · Ethnography · Everyday life · Foundation (evidence · Geography · Management · Materiality (auditing · Notice · Political science · Public relations · Situational ethics · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Law · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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Unique citing works10
Citations per year3,33
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10
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