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Positioning flexibly scheduled ECEC in the chain of childcare by parents working non-standard hours (2022)
Peltoperä, K., Vehkakoski, T., Turja, L., & Laakso, M.-L. (2022). Positioning flexibly scheduled ECEC in the chain of childcare by parents working non-standard hours. Families, Relationships and Societies, 11(4), 551-568. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16226480242482
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Peltoperä, Kaisu; Vehkakoski, Tanja; Turja, Leena; Laakso, Marja-Leena
Lehti tai sarja: Families, Relationships and Societies
ISSN: 2046-7435
eISSN: 2046-7443
Julkaisuvuosi: 2022
Ilmestymispäivä: 14.07.2021
Volyymi: 11
Lehden numero: 4
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 551-568
Kustantaja: Policy Press
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16226480242482
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Tiivistelmä
This study examined how Finnish parents working non-standard hours (N=18) positioned institutional flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care (ECEC) as a link in their chain of childcare. Interview data, analysed following the principles of discursive psychology, yielded three discourses on flexibly scheduled ECEC: the discourse of the child’s best interest, the discourse of the labour market, and the discourse of equality of opportunity for the child. Flexibly scheduled ECEC was positioned in these discourses either as the last resort option for childcare, a safe haven for the child, a societal service enabling parents to work during non-standard hours or as a place for children’s learning. It is important to recognise the origins of these discourses and reflect on them to improve ECEC services, so that they meet the demands of safety as a link in the chain of childcare and increase the level of parental satisfaction with them.
YSO-asiasanat: lastenhoito; päivähoito; vuorohoito; varhaiskasvatus; julkiset palvelut; vanhemmat; työaika; diskurssianalyysi
Vapaat asiasanat: chain of care; discourse analysis; flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care; non-standard hours childcare; parental choice
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2022
JUFO-taso: 1