Germany's Ecec workforce
A difficult path to professionalisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19911627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Rauschenbach (Deutsches Jugendinstitut), Birgit Riedel (Deutsches Jugendinstitut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 186 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-77 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Early Child Development and Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-4430 • E-ISSN: 1476-8275 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03004430.2015.1014811 |
| OpenAlex | W1968264115 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
In a European comparison, the childcare profession in Germany has taken a distinct path of development which is closely interwoven with the history of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in general. Institutional choices critical to this path are the assignment of childcare as part of social welfare, the pursuit of a maternalist tradition in the care of young children, the privileged position of voluntary associations and the churches in the provision of day-care services, and the decentralised governance of the sector with main responsibilities assigned to the level of the 16 Bundesländer. This inheritance also has shaped the development of the ECEC profession and impeded a course of development similar to other countries. Only over the last decade have new dynamics emerged in the field. There has been an enormous expansion of ECEC provision and, interrelated with it, an intensive debate on professionalisation. Starting from the recent debates and developments, the article outlines the specific path of development of the childcare profession in Germany. In doing so, it takes a closer look at particular historical trajectories and critical junctures. A core question is whether the present strategies to enhance professionalism in the field of ECEC indicate either a modest modernisation or a radical change of traditional concepts of the profession
Corporate governance · Early childhood education · Economic growth · Economics · Management · Modernization theory · Path dependence · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Welfare · Workforce · Early Childhood Education and Development · Law · Public Administration · Social and Demographic Issues in Germany · Sociology and Education Studies
Neoliberalism and early childhood
Professionalism and everyday practices in early childhood education and care
Sedimented professional identities
Early childhood education and early childhood development
Profiles of German early childhood teachers’ pedagogical content beliefs and the relation to their competencies
Learning stories, pedagogical work and early childhood education
Problematising policies for workforce reform in early childhood education
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |