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Hey, Valerie; Bradford, Simon – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2006
This article draws on data collected through two focus groups and eight telephone interviews undertaken as part of an evaluation of a local Sure Start programme. Located in the context of New Labour's valorisation of parenting, and specifically mothering, the article explores the impact of Sure Start policy on discourses of motherhood in this…
Descriptors: Mothers, Focus Groups, Interviews, Foreign Countries
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Wilgus, Gay – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2006
Research literature suggests that adults from working-class minority backgrounds demonstrate authoritarian and coercive tendencies in their choices of disciplinary strategies when compared with adults from middle-class, "white", "Anglo", or "North American" backgrounds. However, in a recent study in New York City,…
Descriptors: Working Class, Discipline, Educational Practices, Preschool Teachers