Policies of quality and autonomy in times of economic crisis
Governing the sector of early childhood education and care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21639673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Panagiotis Kalogerakis (0000-0003-0336-9711, General Confederation of Greek Workers), Anna Tsatsaroni (0000-0002-2477-8816, University of Peloponnese) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Policy Analysis Archives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1068-2341 • E-ISSN: 1068-2341 |
| Publisher | Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14507/epaa.30.6844 |
| OpenAlex | W4283647076 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
This study focuses on the debate surrounding global policies and practices related to the sector of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), utilizing the Greek policy context as an example. Drawing on the critical education policy studies literature, this paper interrogates the complex concepts of quality and autonomy, which are core in the global agenda. We do this by exploring how the international and national austerity measures, imposed in many countries – and especially in Greece, marked by a devastating economic crisis in the last decade – have affected their re-interpretation and translation. Our empirical data suggest that municipal ECEC directors, interviewed in the context of our research, hold diverse views on quality, raising issues of inequality, limited participation and low attainment. The study generates reflections, suggesting that the idea of autonomy has been systematically associated with Greece’s economic struggles and therefore understood and re-interpreted by the participants in a constrained way that limits their action. The way these notions are re-contextualized at the municipal level, and the consequences for ECEC provision, pose as key issues of this research
Austerity · Autonomy · Early childhood education · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |