BERA Research Commission 2019–2020: Competing discourses in early childhood education and care
Tensions, impacts and democratic alternatives across the UK’s four nations
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Siew Fung Lee is Research Fellow at the UCL Social Research Institute working on the Healthier Wealthier Families (HWF) in East London project. The project supports families in Newham and Tower Hamlets by co-locating money advice services within health and community settings. Her work involves evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of this programme for service users, providers and host services. Her research interests and publications centre on the social and economic impact of policies affecting ‘disadvantaged’ children and families. She employs ethnographic methods and policy genealogy, informed by over 20 years of experience as an early years practitioner in England.
Tensions, impacts and democratic alternatives across the UK’s four nations
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) has developed to meet different aims to encourage children’s holistic development; embed attitudes consistent with lifelong learning; facilitate...
This symposium built upon BERA’s research commission, Competing Discourses of Early Childhood Education and Care, and critically explored why and how early childhood education and care (ECEC)...
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