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Direct linkFenech, Marianne – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2011
This article critically analyses how empirical research investigating quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) in the period 1980-2008 has conceptualised "quality". Applying Foucault's notion of "critique" to 338 peer-reviewed journal articles uncovered six interconnected truths: quality is an objective reality; quality enhances…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Journal Articles, Educational Quality, Child Care
