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Incredible Years for Whom? Governing Early Years Parenting as a Site of Colonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Bae, Shil – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2021
This article conducts a critical analysis of the Incredible Years parenting programme through the lens of post-colonial and post-structural theories. Drawing from Foucault's concept of 'governmentality' and 'discursive normalisation', the author questions the norms and definitions constructed by the implementation of Incredible Years in New…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Postcolonialism, Educational Theories, Program Implementation
Incredible Parenting with "Incredible Years"?: A Foucauldian Analysis of New Zealand Government Perspectives on Parenting and Their Implications for Parents and Educators in Early Childhood Education
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Bae, Shil – Global Education Review, 2017
This paper takes a post-structural approach, examining what and how issues are framed in the parenting policy, "Incredible Years," through Foucault's (1977, 1980, 1991, 2003, 2004) notion of "governmentality and discursive normalisation." By unpacking discourses of parenting produced by Incredible Years as an accepted parenting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Parenting Styles, Discourse Analysis