The New Zealand Experience of Charter Development in
                    Early Childhood Services

Smith, Anne B.; Farquhar, Sarah-Eve

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“…Different goals might be speci ed for and by different stakeholders (i.e. groups likely to be affected by these services) (Moss, 1994), as is demonstrated in a study of the child care goals of children, parents, employers, providers, and society, with respect to a New Zealand child care project (Smith & Farquhar, 1994). In order for the study of child care to be comprehensive, it has been argued, all such goals should be studied (Brophy & Statham, 1994;Moss, 1994).…”

Section: Culture-based Developmental Goals and Child Care Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…enriching the culture through cultural diversity), where in addition to outcomes of individual achievement, attention is given to outcomes on a societal level (e.g. Smith & Farquhar, 1994).…”

Section: Developmental Goals and Outcomes In Current Child Care Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other investigators, indeed, acknowledge the fact that different stakeholders within a given society may have different de nitions of ''quality care''. Smith and Farquhar (1994), for instance, propose that stakeholders such as society, parents, the family, providers, and employers might have different goals for child care and hence different de nitions as to what is ''quality care''. These are discussed in the sociocultural context of education in New Zealand.…”

Section: Future Child Care Research: Importance Of Cultural Sensitivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Out-of-home Child Care Research: A Cultural Perspective

Rosenthal

1999

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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This paper analyses the cultural context of inquiry and research into the effects of out-of-home child care on children’s development. In particular, it attempts to show how the study of such child care has been shaped by a Western world view in which white, middle class values and social ideology are particularly salient. The effects of this cultural context can be seen in the basic assumptions of studies on out-of-home child care, in the questions these studies pose for investigation, and in the motivation of the investigators engaged in this line of research. These in turn determine the research designs, the units of analysis for the examination of children’s functioning and of the child care environment, the operational definitions of variables, and the statistical procedures employed in many of these studies. The analysis begins by examining cultural variations in societal attitudes to out-of-home child care as a function of cultural context and basic assumptions concerning childhood, development, and the role ascribed to the family and the community at large in children’s development. The paper then proceeds to examine the relationship between cultural context and its valued developmental goals and the developmental outcomes studied in child care research. The relationships between goals set for child care, cultural beliefs concerning child-rearing practices, the definition of “quality of care” and the study of the relationship of home and child care, in child care research, are also examined. It then explores the major research questions and methodology concerning the effect of child care on development in the Anglo-American child care research tradition. The paper concludes with a discussion of implications for culturally sensitive routes to studying child care.

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Section: Culture-based Developmental Goals and Child Care Outcomesmentioning

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Section: Developmental Goals and Outcomes In Current Child Care Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Future Child Care Research: Importance Of Cultural Sensitivitymentioning

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Out-of-home Child Care Research: A Cultural Perspective

Rosenthal

1999

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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“…But these claims have not gone entirely unquestioned, at least in the field of early childhood education and care, especially among those who subscribe to the importance of context, complexity, plurality, subjectivity, and participation (cf. Balaguer, Mestres, & Penn, 1992;Dahlberg, Lundgren, & Åsén, 1991;Evans, 1994;Moss & Pence, 1994;Munton, Mooney, & Rowland, 1995;Pascal, Bertram, & Ramsden, 1994;Smith & Farquhar, 1994;Williams, 1994;Woodhead, 1996). Faced by this questioning, there have been two main responses.…”

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Section I: Theoretical Examinations of Quality: Making the Narrative of Quality Stutter

Moss¹

2005

Early Education & Development

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“…Holloway and Fuller (1992) have argued that in the United States the child care field is a useful one in which to evaluate the effectiveness of parental choice models since it has long been dominated by market forces rather than political control. New Zealand has, since the mid 1980's, embraced wholeheartedly a market led model which devolves more power to parents and reduces government control and regulation (James,1986;New Zealand Treasury, 1987;Smith and Farquhar, 1994). Hence the New Zealand setting is a useful context in which to evaluate the market model of parent choice.…”

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Do parents choose and value quality child care in New Zealand?

Barraclough

Smith

1996

International Journal of Early Years Education

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The mechanism of parent choice is sometimes viewed as a way of improving the quality of child care centres. This study looks at whether parent choice is constrained by family variables such as socio-economic status, education and family income and to what extent parents do select quality. The sample for the present study included 100 child care centres catering for under two year old children from around New Zealand. The quality of each centre was assessed using two measures, a checklist (the Abbott-Shim Assessment Profile) and an interval observational procedure focusing on child-staff interactions (the Howes/Melhuish Observational Schedule). Two under two year-olds from each centre were observed for 100 minutes and their parents filled in a questionnaire about their satisfaction with the child care centre. The study showed modest correlations (-.18 to .27) between socio-economic status, education and family income and the Abbott-Shim Assessment Profile but none with observations of child/staff interactions. Eighty-six per cent of parents in the study said that this centre was their first choice and ratings of quality were highly positive. Yet for most measures there were zero correlations between research-based measures of quality and parent satisfaction. Qualitative data showed that there was some overlap between the criteria which parents mentioned as the 'best' or 'worst' things and criteria incorporated into research methods. Parents, however, were concerned about cost, location and convenience which were not part of the research measures. Comments on centres which were of high quality and low quality made by parents and early childhood trained researchers were compared.Parents were much more positive and uncritical in their comments than researchers. It was concluded that many parents make passive choices of centres rather than actively choosing between alternatives and that many do not have knowledge © Trentham Books 1996 5 Downloaded by [New York University] at 21:53 18 February 2015 SHANEE J. BARRACLOUGH AND ANNE B. SMITH or awareness of specific aspects of quality to look for. It was concluded that parent choice is not currently a viable means of controlling quality and that policy makers need to look to other mechanisms. Résumé Le mécanisme du choix des parents est quelquefois considéré comme un moyen d 'améliorer la qualité des centres d'accueil pour les enfants d'âge préscolaire. Cette étude s'attache a determiner si le choix des parents se trouve conditionné par des variables familiales telles que la catégorie socio-professionnelle, l'éducation et les revenus du menage et à évaluer la mesure dans laquelle les parents considèrent que la qualité du centre est un critère de sélection. Cette étude a été conduite sur la base d'un échantillon de 100 établissements répartis sur le territoire neo-zelandais et accueillant des enfants ages de moins de deux ans. La qualite de chaque etablissement a été établie sur la base de deux critères: une liste de controle (Abbott-Shim Assessmnent Profde-Profil d'appréci...

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The New Zealand Experience of Charter Development in Early Childhood Services

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Out-of-home Child Care Research: A Cultural Perspective

Out-of-home Child Care Research: A Cultural Perspective

Section I: Theoretical Examinations of Quality: Making the Narrative of Quality Stutter

Do parents choose and value quality child care in New Zealand?

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