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Data practices and inequality in South African early childhood development policy : Technocratic management versus social transformation (2019)
Rudolph, N., Millei, Z., & Alasuutari, M. (2019). Data practices and inequality in South African early childhood development policy : Technocratic management versus social transformation. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 9(1), Article a756. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v9i1.756
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Rudolph, Norma; Millei, Zsuzsanna; Alasuutari, Maarit
Lehti tai sarja: South African Journal of Childhood Education
ISSN: 2223-7674
eISSN: 2223-7682
Julkaisuvuosi: 2019
Volyymi: 9
Lehden numero: 1
Artikkelinumero: a756
Kustantaja: AOSIS Publishing
Julkaisumaa: Etelä-Afrikka
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v9i1.756
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/65956
Lisätietoja: Corrigendum: Data practices and inequality in South African early childhood development policy: Technocratic management versus social transformation
Norma Rudolph, Zsanna Millei, Maarit Alasuutari
South African Journal of Childhood Education | Vol 9, No 1 | a834 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v9i1.834
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Aim: This article explores how policy texts based on and with the use of certain data practices establish ‘truths’ about childhoods and society, construct families and communities, and determine forms of provision to address inequality.
Setting: In 2015, the South African government published the National Integrated Early Childhood Policy (NIECDP) to continue to address poverty and inequality. Its implementation increasingly draws on data practices that measure and inform solutions. The use of data practices, while also providing needed information, prioritises solutions that proceed in technocratic ways instead of facilitating social change.
Methods: With a critical discourse analysis of policy texts and the introduction of alternatives, the analysis seeks to highlight the power and knowledge hierarchies that construct the policies of NIECDP.
Results: This article demonstrates how discourses and data practices prioritise ‘the government of poverty’ instead of helping to eliminate it and silence the voices of those living with poverty. This form of government through data also undermines the policy’s potential to respond to the different life chances resulting from the diverse conditions in which young children live in South Africa.
Conclusion: This article seeks to re-open a debate that the NIECDP successfully silenced, specifically who benefits, who speaks and who is silenced.
YSO-asiasanat: varhaiskasvatus; köyhyys; eriarvoisuus; tasa-arvo; sosiaalinen oikeudenmukaisuus; valtarakenteet; apartheid; koulutuspolitiikka; teknokratia
Vapaat asiasanat: Etelä-Afrikka
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2019
JUFO-taso: 1