Professional Linkages at the Transition to School: Boundaries and Linked Ecologies

Autor/inn/en	Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob
Titel	Professional Linkages at the Transition to School: Boundaries and Linked Ecologies
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 19 (2021) 4, S.459-477 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dockett, Sue)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.1177/1478210320973116
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Early Childhood Teachers; Professional Identity; Ecology; Teacher Role; Teacher Collaboration; Social Networks; Documentation; Access to Education; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ökologie; Lehrerrolle; Lehrerkooperation; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Dokumentation; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	The transition to school brings early childhood and school educators together in the common aim of promoting a positive start to school. This transition also highlights the boundaries and professional linkages that contribute to this aim. Conceptualising boundary spaces as sites of professional identity construction and negotiation, we explore professional linkages between early childhood education and care and school educators during transitions to school, using Abbott's linked ecologies framework. To do this, we examine data from two studies, exploring the proposition that collaboration -- in the forms of professional networks and transition statements (shared documentation) -- have the potential to act as linkages across the ecologies of early childhood education and care and school education. Our conclusions support this potential but note that the nature and impact of these linkages is variable. Further, we argue that contradictions and tensions in the perceived professional roles of educators are evident within these linkages. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01