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Paananen, Maiju; Lipponen, Lasse; Kumpulainen, Kristiina – European Educational Research Journal, 2015
Drawing on the analytic concept of imaginary, this study investigates policy hybridisation in the Finnish early childhood education. Specifically, it illuminates how the interplay between different imaginaries enabled the neoliberal imaginary to oust the social-democratic imaginary through a tripartite process in a case of local productivity…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Accountability, Educational Change
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Kyronlampi-Kylmanen, Taina; Maatta, Kaarina – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
Traditional research focusing on children has been carried out by collecting information from the children's parents, teachers, and other adults. Information acquired from the children themselves has been considered of secondary importance. As the number of studies focusing on children has increased, it is important to consider the children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Participant Characteristics, Data Collection