The Persistent Gap between Education and Care: a ‘History of the Present’ Research on Belgian Child Care Provision and Policy<sup>1</sup>

Vandenbroeck, Michel

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“…Moreover, by marginally improving the conditions of the poor, free kindergartens upheld the promise of progress and the capitalist system, and contributed to placating the poor. Tiffin (1982) and Vandenbroeck (2006), for example, suggest that early forms of ECEC possibly stifled moves to challenge an inequitable system that had led to poverty and disadvantage in the first place. Further, the establishment of free kindergartens as philanthropic institutions focused on the poor, constructed ECEC as outside the parameters of state responsibility, mitigated against the view of ECEC as a right for all and operated against universal provision (Kelly, 1988).…”

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A ‘Humanitarian Idea’: Using a Historical Lens to Reflect on Social Justice in Early Childhood Education and Care

Wong

2013

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

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The concept of early childhood education and care (ECEC) as 'social justice' is contested and complex. In this article, the author calls on a historical perspective to critically reflect on social justice in ECEC. The author does this by exploring the early history of free kindergartens in Sydney, Australia. The author demonstrates, through this example, that the idea of 'social justice' has long been at the core of ECEC work in Australia. The work of the pioneers of early childhood education in Australia has tended to be minimised as little more than middle-class 'do-gooding' that perpetuated middle-class ways of knowing. Revisiting this history, the author argues that these early advocates, operating within the confines of their time, constructed free kindergartens as contributing to social justice. Understanding of present constructions of ECEC has much to gain from revisiting and critiquing this early history. A critical and respectful understanding of the history of ECEC enables contemporary advocates to place themselves within a long, hard-fought, though sometimes misguided and often controversial, tradition.

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A ‘Humanitarian Idea’: Using a Historical Lens to Reflect on Social Justice in Early Childhood Education and Care

Wong

2013

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“…Choosing which families are supposed to be in need of a child and family social work intervention is strongly influenced by a risk prevention perspective that is a dominant pattern in contemporary continental European social work, including family support policy and practice (Kemshall, 2010;Vandenbroeck et al, 2009;Katz & Hetherington, 2006). In the case of Belgium, prevention is seen as a key idea in the development of child and family welfare policy (Roose, 2006).…”

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“…The organisation of child welfare services was left in the hands of private initiatives, but the Belgian state could still interfere by securing financial funding to these private initiatives, a system known as subsidised liberty (libertée subsidiée) (see Vandenbroeck, 2006). Consequently, there is a double responsibility on the services' account: addressing their interventions to those who need it (as a social responsibility); and proving their effectiveness in helping those in need in order to legitimise their financial funding (as a responsibility towards the state).…”

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“…In the nineteenth century child welfare initiatives were organised by philanthropic societies and charity-inspired associations (Dekker, 2007;Vandenbroeck, 2009). This was (2000) refer to as the 'Sozialstaat' (p.345), i.e.…”

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“…Daily interactions in 4 child and family welfare practices are, however, significantly influenced by the historical, socio-political context of these practices (Baistow & Wilford, 2000;Vandenbroeck, 2006;Lorenz, 2007). This means that the study of parent-worker relationships in child and family social work requires a historical approach, in which the debate on parent-worker relationships is contextualised as a socio-political debate.…”

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The involvement of parents within child and family social work has become an important research topic during the past few decades. Within this research, a lot of attention is paid to partnership, which is recognised as a dominant concept in current thinking about the parentworker relationship in present-day practice. The debate on parent-worker relationships, however, seems to be mainly focused on the individual relationship between the parent and the social worker. Based on a historical analysis of policy documents on a Belgian child and family welfare service, this article offers a historical and socio-political contextualisation of the current debate on the parent-worker relationship. The analysis reveals that socio-political ideas about the responsibilities of the state, the community and the private family have induced a continuous reflection on which children and parents should be seen as the most appropriate clients for a particular service as well as an ongoing development of diagnostic instruments to legitimise in-and exclusion of families within child and family social work.Consequences for parent-worker relationships in child and family social work are discussed, as well as some implications for future research on child and family social work practices.

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In split systems, where childcare has historically been separated from preschool, childcare has only recently been recognized for its educational potential. Paradoxically, now that its potential for children, parents, and communities is widely recognized, accessibility, affordability and quality are under pressure. Based on—mostly European—research, we analyse structural barriers that explain unequal take-up of childcare. We look, among others, at issues of lack of places, geographical disparities, and costs. We also look at educational process quality, especially for the youngest children. In so doing, we analyze how policies affect these issues and find that policies that consider childcare as an integral part of public early childhood care and education yield better results. In contrast, the commodification (privatisation) of childcare with its shift from supply side to demand-side funding risks to hinder accessibility and to lower quality.

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The Persistent Gap between Education and Care: a ‘History of the Present’ Research on Belgian Child Care Provision and Policy¹

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A ‘Humanitarian Idea’: Using a Historical Lens to Reflect on Social Justice in Early Childhood Education and Care

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