Ethnographic Approaches to Child Care Research: A Review of the Literature

Autor/inn/en	Buchbinder, Mara; Longhofer, Jeffrey; Barrett, Thomas; Lawson, Peter; Floersch, Jerry
Titel	Ethnographic Approaches to Child Care Research: A Review of the Literature
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 4 (2006) 1, S.45-63 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X06059789
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Caregivers; Ethnography; Emotional Development; Child Care; Social Development; Early Childhood Education; Socialization; Preschool Children; Literature Reviews; Research Needs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Ethnografie; Gefühlsbildung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Soziale Entwicklung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Forschungsbedarf
Abstract	This article presents the findings from a review of ethnographic approaches to child care research. Ethnographic research has enhanced researcher and practitioner understandings of the child care environment by providing entry into the child care center as an important site not only of development and education, but also of social reproduction and enculturation. The extant research is summarized by identifying four dominant perspectives for viewing non-parental child care: (1) caregiver-centered, (2) mother-centered, (3) child-centered, and (4) societal. This article argues that studying the perspectives of caregivers, mothers, and children in isolation limits understandings of child care experience, since experience is shaped by continuous interactions among participants. We suggest that a more holistic ethnographic approach could enhance child care practice by increasing understanding of the relationships among caregivers, mothers, and children, and how these relationships influence children's social and emotional development. The article concludes with a proposed agenda for ethnographic research on child care. (Contains 9 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10