Partners or managers? Mothers or bosses? Conflicting Identities of Israeli Daycare Managers

Achituv, Sigal; Hertzog, Esther

doi:10.1080/03004430.2018.1552948

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“…These findings are consistent with the observations described in our previous paper (Achituv and Hertzog, 2018), pointing to the gap between the managers’ rhetoric and actions. Analyzing the observations also revealed a lack of consistency between the Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) approach (Copple and Bredekamp, 2009) that focuses on the children, as a key concept in ECE education, and the managers’ conduct.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In this feminine context the ‘mothering’ position (Rodd, 2012; Siraj-Blatchford and Manni, 2006) reflects the social gender structure in society at large and strengthens its gender power relations (Hertzog, 2010a). The fact that the daycare managers did not relate explicitly to gender aspects during the interviews is in line with the Achituv and Hertzog’s claim (2018: 4) that ‘the female identity of the daycare managers is an integral part of their identity, although they seem to be unaware of it’.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…According to this model, the community and the education system are perceived as reciprocally influential (Shdemot, 2010). The community building project, conducted through implementation meetings and in-service guidance, was affected by the basic difficulties of ECE (aged birth to three), in Israel (Achituv and Hertzog, 2018). The article seeks to elaborate on the daycare managers’ position in the project and their perceptions and attitudes in relation to it.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Attempts to switch to a unified system of preschool education model, under the Ministry of Education, has failed and Israel’s ECE system remains split between the Ministry of Welfare, in charge of education frameworks for children aged birth to three, and the Ministry of Education, in charge of frameworks for children aged three to six and beyond. Moreover, improvements to daycare centers recommended in a 2009 key report (Rosenthal, 2009) were never implemented (Achituv and Hertzog, 2018; Moshel, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The current study aspires to contribute also in this respect, highlighting the gender-blindness of women who are employed in a most ‘feminine’ space. Studying daycare managers’ identity, Achituv and Hertzog (2018: 4) found that ‘the female identity of daycare managers is an integral part of their identity, although they seem to be unaware of it’.…”

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confidence: 99%

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‘Sowing the seeds of community’: Daycare managers participating in a community approach project

Achituv¹,

Hertzog²

2019

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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This paper is based on a study of daycare center managers participating in a project aimed at changing the communal approach in early childhood education (ECE) centers. The project was implemented by the ECE system of Israel’s Association of Community Centers for ages birth to three, based on the Ecological Systems Theory (Bronfenbrenner, 1979). The study aimed at learning about the managers’ views and attitudes toward the project, expanding knowledge in the sphere of ECE management and proposing relevant methods for policy improvement. The study applied qualitative methodology and was based on in-depth interviews with managers who participated in the first year of the project, and on observations at the daycare centers and on the project’s implementation process. The findings reveal that the managers are influenced in various ways, by the complex economic and organizational reality of their workplace. The position of the daycare managers as responsible for both implementing the project’s policies and for managing the caregivers creates a complex identity informed by ambivalent attitudes toward the system and the project itself. As ECE for ages birth to three is a conspicuous subject on international public agendas, this study may help ECE policymakers improve education systems by developing solid communal policies.

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confidence: 99%

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2019

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Quality improvement through team development: the role of headteachers in Early Childhood Education settings in Germany

Ballaschk,

Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz,

Pashiardis

2024

Education 3-13

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Leadership in early childhood education: Cross-cultural case studies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Fonsén¹,

Marchant²,

Ruohola³

2023

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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Using a cross-cultural comparative study approach, this study analyses and compares the leadership discourses revealed through interviews with early childhood education (ECE) leaders in Finland and Singapore. The interviews were conducted both before the COVID-19 outbreaks in 2018 and during the pandemic in 2021. Conducted as focus group discussions, the data were analysed using discursive analysis. Finnish ECE leaders’ identified discourses that revealed ‘pedagogically focused leadership’ and the ‘desire for distributed pedagogical leadership’. In Singapore, the interviews highlighted discourses related to ‘community spirit emerging from challenges’ and the ‘deepening of management demands’. An overall analysis of the discourses showed that COVID-19 resulted in changes in leadership discourses revealing that leadership was characterised with ‘leading from a distance’ and an ‘emphasis on instructions and regulations’. Despite the challenges, leaders continue to place an importance on pedagogy in their practice. The study also showed that although cultural differences in leadership discourses were identified, time as a factor, remains significant as a crucial aspect for leadership in both countries.

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Partners or managers? Mothers or bosses? Conflicting Identities of Israeli Daycare Managers

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

‘Sowing the seeds of community’: Daycare managers participating in a community approach project

‘Sowing the seeds of community’: Daycare managers participating in a community approach project

Quality improvement through team development: the role of headteachers in Early Childhood Education settings in Germany

Leadership in early childhood education: Cross-cultural case studies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

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