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EJ595729 PS529829
Title: The Changing Practitioner Role in Early Childhood Centres: Multiple Shifts and Contradictory Forces.Author(s): Oberhuemer, Pamela; Colberg-Schrader, Hedi
Source: International Journal of Early Years Education, v7 n3 p249-57 Oct 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 0966-9760
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY2000
Explores role
of early-childhood practitioners against background of shifts in
social context and sociopolitical climate of early-childhood education
and care in Germany. Maintains that practitioners are links in the
process of repositioning early-childhood centers in quality debate.
Discusses need for newly defined role combining family-centered
approach to children's learning and community-centered focus on
multicultural networking systems. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *Caregiver Role; Change Agents; Change Strategies;
*Child Caregivers; Day Care; Early Childhood Education; *Educational
Quality; Foreign Countries; *Preschool Teachers; *Teacher Role;
Trend Analysis
Identifiers: *Day Care Quality; Germany
