Preschool teachers and caregivers’ lack of repositioning in response to changed responsibilities in policy documents

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dc.contributor.authorCervantes, Sara
dc.contributor.authorÖqvist, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-02T18:16:21Z
dc.date.available2023-10-02T18:16:21Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPreschool teachers and caregivers have a close working relationship as part of a working team to benefit the children in Swedish preschools. In 2011, a new educational reform was introduced according to which preschools became a school form in their own right within the overall educational system in Sweden. The objective of the policy was to strengthen the profession of preschool teachers by affording them clearer responsibility over the quality of educational practices and curriculum work. It also entailed a division of labour between the preschool teachers and caregivers in the working team. The current study explored how Swedish preschool teachers and caregivers positioned themselves in response to these changes in responsibility. In this qualitative study, data were collected from 17 preschool teachers and caregivers via an open-ended questionnaire. Preschool teachers and caregivers viewed themselves as having equal responsibility in the working team. Specifically, preschool teachers upgraded the competence and position of caregivers while downgrading their own professional competence and position. Caregivers downgraded the profession and position of preschool teachers and upgraded their own competence and position to be equal to that of preschool teachers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCervantes, S., & Öqvist, A. (2021). Preschool teachers and caregivers’ lack of repositioning in response to changed responsibilities in policy documents. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 19(3), 323-336. DOI: 10.1177/1476718X20969742en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1177/1476718X20969742
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9298
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Early Childhood Researchen_US
dc.subjectCaregiversen_US
dc.subjectLeadershipen_US
dc.subjectPositioningen_US
dc.subjectPreschoolen_US
dc.subjectPreschool teacheren_US
dc.titlePreschool teachers and caregivers’ lack of repositioning in response to changed responsibilities in policy documentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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