Reconfiguring teacher agency within market-driven early childhood spaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21728071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olivera Kamenarac (0000-0003-0444-0823, University of Waikato, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 932-946 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Futures in Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-2103 • E-ISSN: 1478-2103 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14782103221110976 |
| OpenAlex | W4283713084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 27 |
Neoliberal reforms have transformed the early childhood education (ECE) landscape worldwide. The purpose of ECE, what counts as early education and care, and in ECE has been dangerously narrowed to the production of human capital and rationalised by the myth that investing in young children (human capital) will guarantee a better economic future. In this manner, individuals’ efforts and talents achieved through ‘high-quality ECE’ become critical determinators of their own and a country’s success. At the same time, individuals' characteristics and pre-determined circumstances (e.g. race, gender, socioeconomic background), including underlying causes of inequality in society, become a fault of those not exercising the right to ‘freely choose’ from opportunities available on the market. Consistent with a body of literature documenting the damaging impacts of neoliberalism on early childhood education (ECE), this article explores how teacher agency has been reconfigured under a neoliberal framing of ECE in New Zealand. Drawing on a qualitative study with teachers from private-for-profit ECE centres, the article argues that marketisation and privatisation have broken the spirit of collective agency and sense of belonging in the sector, and construed some teachers as business agents contributing, knowingly or unknowingly, to the individual interests of business owners and investors rather than ECE as a public good
Early childhood education · Economic growth · Economics · Human capital · Pedagogy · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |