Family Day Care : International Perspectives on Policy, Practice and Quality

Bringing together theory, research and knowledge from practice, this topical book presents informative perspectives on family day care. The international contributors examine the policy and organization of day care, showing how child-minding networks have developed in differing economic and social climates. Family Day Care: International Perspectives on Policy, Practice and Quality......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 List of Tables......Page 9 Dedication......Page 10 Preface......Page 11 1. Across the Spectrum: An Introduction to Family Day Care Internationally......Page 13 Part I: Policy and Organization......Page 23 2. Some Unique Features of the Emerging Family Day Care Provision in Hungary: Home-like?......Page 25 3. Carving out a Niche?: The Work of a Tagesmutter in the New Germany......Page 43 4. Family Day Care in New Zealand: Training, Quality and Professional Status......Page 61 5. The Development of Childminding Networks in Britain: Sharing the Caring......Page 80 6. Family Day Care in Israel: Policy,Quality and the Daily Experiences of Children......Page 95 Part II: Understandings of Family Day Care......Page 111 7. What it Means to be a Childminder: Work or Love?......Page 113 8. Agency and Ethics: Family Day Care Providers’ Perspectives on Quality......Page 131 9. The Everyday Life of Children in Family Day Care as seen by their Carers......Page 150 10. Family Day Care in France......Page 165 Part III: Carers’ and Parents’ Perspectives......Page 179 11. Provider and Parent Perspectives on Family Day Care for ‘Children in Need ’: A Third Party In-Between......Page 181 12. Partnerships with Providers? Why Parents from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Choose Family Day Care......Page 197 13. ‘Who Says What is Quality?’: Setting Childcare Standards with Respect for Cultural Differences......Page 217 14. Conclusion: Whither Family Day Care?......Page 236 The Contributors......Page 246 Subject Index......Page 249 Author Index......Page 255 Family day care or childminding plays a significant role in the provision of childcare in many countries, but is facing new challenges. Bringing together theory, research and knowledge from practice, this topical book presents a variety of informative perspectives on this important service. Contributors from ten countries draw on their recent research to examine how family day care has developed in differing economic and social climates. Covering the views of policy makers, childcare providers and parents, the book includes discussion of:• levels of government intervention• training and support for providers, including childminding networks• creating partnership between parents and carers• defining quality and raising standards• the future of family day care.By illuminating different approaches that will inform understanding and can contribute to the formation of effective policies and practice, this book will be a useful resource for policy makers, researchers, childcare service providers, students on childcare courses and others with an interest in child care policy. An examination of the policy and organization of day care, showing how childminding networks have developed in differing economic and social climates. The discussions cover: levels of government intervention; setting quality standards; and creating partnership between parents and carers Family day care has received very little attention from researchers and policy makers, despite being an important form of childcare in many countries. Edited By Ann Mooney And June Statham. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.