Kay, L. orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-3564, Wood, E., Nuttall, J. et al. (1 more author) (2021) Problematising policies for workforce reform in early childhood education: A rhetorical analysis of England's Early Years Teacher Status. Journal of Education Policy, 36 (2). pp. 179-195. ISSN 0268-0939
Abstract
This paper examines workforce reform in early childhood education in England, specifically the policy trajectory that led to implementation of the Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) qualification in 2014. Taking a critical perspective on policy analysis, the paper uses rhetorical analysis to make sense of the how EYTS is understood within workforce reform. From an assemblage of salient policy documents, we report our critical analysis of two key texts: Foundations for Quality and More Great Childcare. Both documents identify policy levers and drivers for reform, but from markedly different perspectives and with contrasting recommendations. By using rhetorical analysis to examine how these policy texts construct not only problems but also preferred solutions, we illustrate the paradoxical nature of early childhood policy in England as it relates to aspirations to raise the status of the sector and improve quality through the implementation of EYTS.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Education Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Workforce reform; Early Childhood Education (ECE); rhetorical analysis; responsibilisation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2019 11:05 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2021 12:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02680939.2019.1637546 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147869 |