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

by Mooney, Ann

• ISBN13: 9781843100621
• ISBN10: 1843100622
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

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, childcar

Table of Contents

List of Figures	7	(1)
List of Tables	7	(1)
Dedication	8	(1)
Preface	9	(2)
Across the Spectrum: An Introduction to Family Day Care Internationally	11	(12)
June Statham
Ann Mooney
Part I: Policy and Organization
Some Unique Features of the Emerging Family Day Care Provision in Hungary: Home-like?	23	(18)
Marta Korintus
Carving out a Niche? The Work of a Tagesmutter in the New Germany	41	(18)
Ulrike Gelder
Family Day Care in New Zealand: Training, Quality and Professional Status	59	(19)
Elizabeth Everiss
Carmen Dalli
The Development of Childminding Networks in Britain: Sharing the Caring	78	(15)
Sue Owen
Family Day Care in Israel: Policy, Quality and the Daily Experiences of Children	93	(18)
Miriam K. Rosenthal
Part II: Understandings of Family Day Care
What it Means to be a Childminder: Work or Love?	111	(18)
Ann Mooney
Agency and Ethics: Family Day Care Providers' Perspectives on Quality	129	(19)
Irene J. Kyle
The Everyday Life of Children in Family Day Care as seen by their Carers	148	(15)
Malene Karlsson
Family Day Care in France	163	(16)
Liane Mozere
Part III: Carers' and Parents' Perspectives
Provider and Parent Perspectives on Family Day Care for `Children in Need': A Third Party In-Between	179	(16)
June Statham
Partnerships with Providers? Why Parents from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Choose Family Day Care	195	(20)
Sarah Wise
Ann Sanson
`Who Says What is Quality?' Setting Childcare Standards with Respect for Cultural Differences	215	(19)
Kathy Modigliani
Conclusion: Whither Family Day Care?	234	(10)
Peter Moss
The Contributors	244	(3)
Subject Index	247	(6)
Author Index	253