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Direct linkClark, Rory McDowall; Baylis, Sue – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
Although frameworks now exist for quality provision for under-threes, discourses underpinning policy remain conflicted. The split between care and education is still firmly entrenched in provision and a gap remains between rhetoric and practice. This paper explores how Early Years Professional Status, which requires practitioners to engage…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Females, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Freeman, Nancy K.; Feeney, Stephanie – Young Children, 2006
Today we often hear that early care and education is becoming or should become a profession. In this article, the authors discuss what it means to be a profession, and a professional and consider how these characteristics apply to the field of early care and education now and in the future. Professionals possess specialized knowledge and…
Descriptors: Ethics, Early Childhood Education, Occupational Mobility, Professional Recognition
