Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government

This paper reviews developments in policy on early childhood education and care – early years – under the Coalition Government in England. Three factors came to define the Coalition's performance and record in this area: ambivalence about the rationales for the two areas of early education and...

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Main Author: Eva Lloyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2015-08-01
Series:London Review of Education
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=80da618c-6227-42d8-8a41-caaecf315a8b
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spelling doaj-ee1bbdd1dba246969e9ad3f2a41d658c2020-12-16T09:45:58ZengUCL PressLondon Review of Education1474-84792015-08-0110.18546/LRE.13.2.12Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition GovernmentEva LloydThis paper reviews developments in policy on early childhood education and care – early years – under the Coalition Government in England. Three factors came to define the Coalition's performance and record in this area: ambivalence about the rationales for the two areas of early education and childcare; a disconnect between early years and other social welfare policy approaches; and the dominant influence on policy of a political belief in market operations as the favoured delivery model for early years services. Successive early years policy documents also reflected the Coalition's shifting position on young children's rights and interests in relation to early childhood education and care (ECEC).https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=80da618c-6227-42d8-8a41-caaecf315a8b
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Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government
London Review of Education
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title Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government
title_short Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government
title_full Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government
title_fullStr Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government
title_full_unstemmed Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government
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publishDate 2015-08-01
description This paper reviews developments in policy on early childhood education and care – early years – under the Coalition Government in England. Three factors came to define the Coalition's performance and record in this area: ambivalence about the rationales for the two areas of early education and childcare; a disconnect between early years and other social welfare policy approaches; and the dominant influence on policy of a political belief in market operations as the favoured delivery model for early years services. Successive early years policy documents also reflected the Coalition's shifting position on young children's rights and interests in relation to early childhood education and care (ECEC).
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