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      Discourses of economic investment and child vulnerability in early childhood education

      Mitchell, Linda
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      Mitchell, L (2017). Discourses of economic investment and child vulnerability in ECE.pdf
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       10.15663/wje.v22i1.552
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      Mitchell, L. (2017). Discourses of economic investment and child vulnerability in early childhood education. Waikato Journal of Education, 22(1), 25–35. https://doi.org/10.15663/wje.v22i1.552
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12066
      Abstract
      This article explores discourses of economic investment and child vulnerability that have become dominant under New Zealand’s National-led Government as a rationale for policy directions in early childhood education. It highlights the need for explicit values about children and childhood to be a basis for early childhood policy development, with a commitment to equity and democratic citizenship being a good place to start. The article draws on policy document analysis, policy evaluations and research to argue that current policies have run counter to a democratic view of citizenship, and led to a swing away from universal approaches to education for all towards targeted interventions for priority children. At the same time, a drive for measurable outcomes is in danger of funnelling early childhood education into narrow goals that bypass a broad view of what education might possibly be. Ideas for future policy directions are discussed.
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      2017
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      Journal Article
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      WIlf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research
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      This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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