An 'Old Fight': A Case Study of Enduring Struggle in Early Childhood Education

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  • Author(s): Nagasawa, Mark
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. Sep 2020 21(3):224-241.
  • Publication Date:
    2020
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      18
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Early Childhood Education; Child Care; Educational Policy; Educational History; Access to Education; Educational Quality; Politics of Education; Young Children; Early Intervention; State Aid; Federal Aid; State Government; Government Role; Public Schools; Private Schools; State Legislation
    • Subject Terms:
      Arizona
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/1463949118822052
    • ISSN:
      1463-9491
    • Abstract:
      This is a case study of political struggles over early care and education in the USA using a combination of archival, interview, and observational data from a study conducted in the US state of Arizona. This case analysis illustrates how a combination of the episodic nature of public attention paid to early care and education in the USA, internal tensions within US early care and education between its educational and caring purposes, and competition over scarce resources has worked to undermine the development of universal early care and education in the USA. The study is framed by Dorothy Holland and Jean Lave's ideas of enduring struggles and locally contested practice, and uses an analytic strategy informed by Bakhtinian theory to illustrate how understanding the cultural logics involved in locally contested practice can be of use to the practice of policy advocacy, specifically engaging "adversaries" with what Bakhtin called an "excess of seeing" -- understanding beneath the surface. While focused on one state in one national context, this analysis may have transnational relevance by raising comparative questions about early care and education policies and policy practice in other localities.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2020
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1267989