Educators or Babysitters? Daycare Caregivers Reflect on Their Profession

Autor/inn/en	Shpancer, Noam; Dunlap, Brandi; Melick, Katherine M.; Coxe, Kelly; Kuntzman, Devon; Sayre, Pamela S.; Toto, Christine; Spivey, Aria T.
Titel	Educators or Babysitters? Daycare Caregivers Reflect on Their Profession
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 14 (2008) 4, S.401-412 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
Schlagwörter	Caregivers; Child Care; Caregiver Role; Caregiver Attitudes; Young Children; Interviews; Attitude Measures; Social Attitudes; Job Satisfaction; Salaries; Work Environment; Early Childhood Education; Mothers; Employed Parents; Burnout + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Frühe Kindheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Arbeitsmilieu; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Mother; Mutter; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom
Abstract	Forty-nine caregivers in eight daycare centres were interviewed about their daycare experiences, their own childcare decisions and practices, and their views of how their profession is perceived by society. Results suggest that: caregivers comment positively on the process elements of their work, such as their enjoyment and love of children, and negatively on structural elements, such as salary and working conditions; caregivers' "insider" view of daycare provides a seldom tapped but potentially useful source of information about both the workforce and the work; and caregivers strongly resent being viewed as mere babysitters. They increasingly see themselves--and demand to be treated--as professional educators, who contribute greatly to the successful development of the children in their care. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10