Enrichment and safety -the parents of young children constructing early childhood education and care institution in Finland

IF 1.8 4区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI:10.1080/1350293x.2023.2274537

Mirka Kivimäki, Kirsti Karila, Maarit Alasuutari

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Abstract

Parents` significance in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is emphasized in the research, but primarily from the perspective of ECEC professionals. Drawing on discursive institutionalism, we analysed what parents of young children in Finland constructed as essential in ECEC from the child`s point of view in their discussions concerning the forms of ECEC services. We found that parents constructed ECEC through two interconnected frames: enrichment and safety. The frames indicate that an individual child and her well-being here and now are considered essential in ECEC for Finnish parents. Parents’ interpretations differ from one of the global discourses of ECEC, which emphasizes children`s development for the future. On the other hand, parents’ discourses maintain the cultural distinctions traditionally present in the Finnish ECEC institution. Our study underscores the significance of scrutinizing the construction of educational institutions in the discourses of those whose everyday lives these institutions are.

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充实与安全——芬兰幼儿父母构建幼儿教育与保育机构

研究强调了父母在幼儿教育和护理中的重要性，但主要是从幼儿教育和护理专业人员的角度出发。利用话语制度主义，我们分析了芬兰的幼儿父母在讨论ECEC服务的形式时，从孩子的角度出发，在ECEC中构建了什么是必不可少的。我们发现家长通过两个相互关联的框架来构建ECEC:富集和安全。这些框架表明，对于芬兰父母来说，儿童个体及其此时此地的幸福在ECEC中被认为是必不可少的。家长的解释不同于ECEC的全球话语之一，它强调儿童的未来发展。另一方面，父母的话语保持了芬兰ECEC制度中传统上存在的文化差异。我们的研究强调了在日常生活中审视教育制度建构的重要性。

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European Early Childhood Education Research Journal EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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4.20

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期刊介绍： The European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ) is the publication of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA), an international organisation dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of research in Early Childhood Education throughout Europe and beyond. CREC is the UK base for the European Early Childhood Research Association. EECERA welcomes and encourages membership and contributions from across the world to share and participate in its European perspective. EECERJ aims to provide a forum for the publication of original research in early childhood education in Europe.