Search results for "flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care"

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Management in the 24/7-society raises concerns of fairness and social responsibility

2018

Purpose Despite the pressure on work-family polices arising from the increase in nonstandard working times in various sectors, only a few studies have addressed management practices in 24/7 workplaces. This paper aims to investigate the challenges Finnish managers face in meeting the various tensions stemming from nonstandard working hours and services operating 24/7. Two typical 24/7 work contexts are focused: the hospitality and retail industries and flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. The emphasis is on management practices relating to the planning of work shifts and children’s care schedules. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 comprises focus group i…

Early childhood educationflexibly scheduled early childhood education and carevähittäiskauppavarhaiskasvatus050109 social psychologyepätyypillinen työHospitality0502 economics and business0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesService (business)business.industry05 social sciences24/7-yhteiskuntaMiddle managementPublic relationsfairness of managementeettisyysGeneral Business Management and AccountingFocus grouptyöaikavuorotyö24/7-economylastenhoitoOrganizational communicationSurvey data collectionethical issuesBusinessSocial responsibility050203 business & managementSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)hospitality and retail industry
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Pedagogy-related tensions in flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care

2020

In flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care (ECEC), the timing of care depends on parents’ non-standard working hours. Multiple individual schedules and care times in a child group may cause irregularity in a child’s daily structures, and a child may miss a standard hour’s activities that are led by teachers with a pedagogical education. In this context, the significance and definition of pedagogy is vague and tensional. This study aimed at disclosing discursive tensions related to pedagogy in flexibly scheduled ECEC constructed in interviews by Finnish teachers and childcare nurses (n = 31). The analysis of the interview data followed the principles of discursive psychology. C…

Working hoursEarly childhood educationflexibly scheduled early childhood education and carevarhaiskasvatuspedagogy4. EducationDiscourse analysisvuorohoito05 social sciencesday and night care050301 educationEducationdiskurssianalyysipedagogiikka24/7 economyNursingpedagoginen suunnitteluDevelopmental and Educational Psychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychologydiscourse analysis0503 education050104 developmental & child psychology
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