Child Care and the Role of Employer Sponsorship

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Hayley McBrien ◽  
Anna Bower
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Central Body ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Perspectives ◽  
Early Childhood Professionals ◽  
Changing Roles ◽  
Monitoring Quality

This paper examines current issues and availability of employer-sponsored child care in Australia and compares two international perspectives on the issue of child care and responsibility with the present Australian perspective. The historical emergence of employer-sponsored child care in Australia is traced over the past two decades and is supported by three examples of companies having successfully used such arrangements. Implications for early childhood professionals and the changing roles practitioners face in terms of ensuring quality and equity in services for young children and their families are discussed. The authors propose employer-sponsored child care as a viable option for Australian families, and argue for the establishment of a central body responsible for supporting and monitoring quality, with equity being an essential component.

THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC ROLE OF THE PEDIATRICIAN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
MILTON J. E. SENN
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Child Psychology ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Psychiatry Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
Changing Roles

THE pediatric literature of this country has always been edectic. In the past few years it has drawn increasingly on material from a variety of sources relating to the psychologic aspects of child care. The number of papers in pediatric journals on child psychology, deviant behavior and mental illness, mental growth and development, psychiatric treatment, sociology, and even anthropology bears witness to this occurrence. Another testimony to the pluralism of pediatric interest is evidenced in the composition of the program of this meeting where one series of papers is devoted to the topic of psychiatry in relation to pediatric practice. In the training of the pediatrician emphasis is also placed on preparation of the physician for multiple and changing roles in work with children and their parents. From the fields of psychology, psychiatry, education, and that less easily classified area which is called, "growth and development," the pediatrician is advised how to make pediatric practice more effective through the use of technics which have been found useful in each of these disciplines. For example, the pediatrician is urged to become acquainted with the facts of growth and development so that as a "developmental pediatrician" he may predict and interpret behavior of children to their parents; and, along with proper understanding of the parents, may relieve their hopes, fears and mental conflicts. In another instance, the educator admonishes the physician to follow him in the use of pedagogic guidance. Still another example may be cited from the field of modern psychiatry where the pediatrician is urged to employ such technics as suggestion, persuasion, reassurance, re-education, desensitization, ventilation and a long list of other psychotherapeutic methods which on the surface appear less formidable and more understandable than many of the words used in psychiatry, but which, nevertheless, need definition and clarification before anybody is able to use them safely in a therapeutic sense. Psychiatry, pediatrics, psychology and education have made contributions to the field of psychotherapy.

From Oblivion to Apotheosis: The Ironic Journey of Alexis de Tocqueville

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHEW J. MANCINI
Keyword(s):  
American Culture ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Return To Play ◽  
Alexis De Tocqueville ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rules Of Evidence ◽  
Changing Roles ◽  
Heroic Narrative

Scholarship on the theme of Alexis de Tocqueville's changing roles in American culture constitutes a remarkably coherent discourse with distinctive conventions, structures, metaphors, and plots. Especially pronounced in the literature is a constantly repeated narrative – really a myth – that portrays Tocqueville as a vanished hero who suffered a prolonged period of oblivion and then made a celebrated return to play the role of guide to Americans as they faced the perils of the postwar world. Because of the lack of empirical support for this narrative, scholars inadvertently find themselves violating or disregarding elementary rules of evidence and logical argument when they address it. The extraordinary stability and coherence of this discourse are its most notable features: they have persisted, with no oppositional counternarrative, decade after decade for the past forty years. But all discourses have cracks and fissures. This essay reveals the ubiquity as well as the banality of the standard tragic-heroic narrative, and it provides a taxonomy of Tocqueville metaphors – Tocqueville as Orpheus, as Proteus, and as Christ. The supposed facts of Tocqueville's reception (with which these metaphoric clusters are identical) are false. There was no departure, oblivion, or triumphant return of Tocqueville. The mythic discourse advanced an account that had no support in the historical record.

Learning to Develop as Early Childhood Professionals

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Rodd
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Early Childhood Professionals

The pressure towards increasing professionalism on the part of those practitioners who care for and educate young children has grown considerably over the past decade (Rodd, 1994). The need for improvements in the quality of early childhood service provision has been recognised by growing numbers of early childhood carers and teachers, many of whom already put a great deal of time and effort into their programs and services. In addition, the past decade has witnessed a broadening of the number of roles and responsibilities that early childhood professionals undertake in relation to the changing needs of young children and their families. It seems that the goal of ‘developing and implementing good practice’ which has motivated and underpinned the work of many early childhood practitioners has been achieved to a large extent.

The role of culture in early childhood curriculum development: A case study of curriculum innovations in Hong Kong kindergartens

2020 ◽  
pp. 146394911990035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weipeng Yang ◽  
Hui Li
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Curricular Practices ◽  
Early Childhood Professionals ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity

This study employed an inductive qualitative approach to understanding the effects of local culture on early childhood curriculum development in two Hong Kong kindergartens. A triangulation of interviews, observations and documents was established, and cultural-historical activity theory was employed as the theoretical framework. The results indicated that local culture played an important role in early childhood curriculum development. First, the two cases learned from diverse models and approaches during the transformation of their curricula, resulting in contradictory demands and motives. Then, these contradictions were, in turn, resolved by the local culture to achieve curriculum hybridisation and innovation, as well as inherit the culture. Such findings provide valuable implications for early childhood professionals to integrate social and cultural diversity into curriculum development and to localise imported curricular practices so as to ensure a good fit between the curriculum and the local context.

scholarly journals The changing roles of planning and the market in the processes of urban growth in Belgrade and Sofia

Spatium ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atanas Kovachev ◽  
Aleksandar Slaev ◽  
Slavka Zekovic ◽  
Tamara Maricic ◽  
Diliana Daskalova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
The Past ◽  
Changing Roles ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
The Impact

This paper studies the changing roles of planning and the market in the context of urban growth and suburbanization in the capitals of Serbia and Bulgaria, specifically with regard to the socio-economic changes experienced in Southeast Europe over the past decades. With a focus on the post-socialist period, the work also examines specific features of the socialist period, so as to make important distinctions between the two. The research question in this paper is: Is planning or the market responsible for the form of growth that has occurred in Sofia and Belgrade? One methodological problem for the study is that in reality, most urban processes are to a degree both market driven and centrally planned. Thus, it can be difficult to distinguish between the distinct roles and outcomes of planning and the market. To solve this problem, the paper analyzes situations in which either planning or the market is dominant, so as to be able to clearly determine the impact of each mechanism on the resultant development. The paper concludes that urban growth and suburbanization are generally engendered by market forces, whereas the role of planning is to improve and refine the action of the market. When planning ignores the market, it results in failed or inefficient urban forms. However when planning is absent, urban development fails to meet reasonable standards.

The Role of Administrators in Recruiting, Retaining, and Respecting Early Childhood Educators

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-91
Author(s):  
Vicki L. Luther
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Childhood Educators ◽  
Early Childhood Educator ◽  
School Environments ◽  
Quality Teachers ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Early Childhood Professionals

This chapter focuses upon the role of school administrators in protecting and preserving the well-being of early childhood educators. The author discusses the importance of recruiting and retaining high-quality teachers who work with children to the age of eight. It is essential that the youngest students receive the skills necessary for success in later grades, and there is great need for early childhood professionals to be recognized for the valuable skillsets that they bring to the field. Developing and maintaining school environments that recognize the significance of the early childhood educator can promote more respectful school climates and can retain professionals in the field.

scholarly journals In the eyes of the beholder… theopolitics and theopolitical leadership in 1 and 2 Chronicles

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nel
Keyword(s):  
Church And State ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Personal Preference ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Masses ◽  
The Invisible

Theopolitics, a comprehensive subject that embraces all aspects of life, should not be confused with the antiquated conflict between church and church or between church and state. Theopolitics is about power and about who takes the lead in the struggle for supremacy. The hypothesis of this article is that theopolitics consist of four major elements: i.e. a deity, the reporting of actual events, the mute, faceless masses and leadership. According to this premise leadership should be divided into visible leadership and an invisible leadership corps. As far as the visible leaders are concerned, their acts are “in the eye of the beholder”, but they have no power, only the potential to manipulate the masses and the media. All power lies safely and securely in the hands of the invisible leadership. Without realising it themselves, the masses are mute and faceless. Invisible leadership, too, is mute and faceless, but that is due to personal preference, because its anonymity is the nucleus, the essence of its powerbase. It is impossible to provide an immutable interpretation of the concept theopolitics within one article. The only objective of this article therefore is to contribute to the debate by highlighting a few of the problems relating to the role of theopolitical leadership. Unfortunately the quandary of theopolitical leadership is the uncertainty whether it is an unattainable dream about the past, a reality of today or a viable option for a successful tomorrow.

Toward Revitalizing the role of Physician-Scientists in Academic Medicine

2008 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 766-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carey D. Balaban
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Academic Medicine ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Changing Roles ◽  
Physician Scientists

There has been a growing recognition over the past 25 years that it is increasingly difficult for physicians to develop careers as physician-scientists. This commentary reviews the traditional culture of academic medicine, factors that are altering that culture, and several grassroots suggestions for revitalizing academic medicine in our departmental programs. It is based on a presentation, “Basic Scientist or Translational Scientist? Changing Roles of Physician-Scientists in Biomedical Research,” delivered in the President's Symposium at the Thirty-First Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology on February 17, 2008.

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