Transforming Early Childhood in England:: Towards a Democratic Education

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Early childhood education and care has been a political priority in England since 1997, when government finally turned its attention to this long-neglected area. Public funding has increased, policy initiatives have proliferated and at each general election political parties aim to outbid each other in their offer to families. Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Education argues that, despite this attention, the system of early childhood services remains flawed and dysfunctional. National discourse is dominated by the cost and availability of childcare at the expense of holistic education, while a hotchpotch of fragmented provision staffed by a devalued workforce struggles with a culture of targets and measurement. With such deep-rooted problems, early childhood education and care in England is beyond minor improvements. In the context of austerity measures affecting many young families, transformative change is urgent.

About the author

Claire Cameron is Professor of Social Pedagogy at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education. She has a long-standing record of research on children's services, including studies of the early childhood care and education workforce. Publications include the co-edited works International Perspectives in the Early Years and The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Policy.

Peter Moss is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Provision at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education. He co-founded the international network on leave policies and, for 10 years, co-edited the book series ‘Contesting Early Childhood’. Much of his work has been cross-national, and his interests include early childhood education, democracy in education and the relationship between employment, care and gender.

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