TY - JOUR
T1 - Would the Leaders in Early Childhood education and care Please Step Forward?
AU - Hard, Louise
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Australian Research in Early Childhood Education. ISSNs: 1320-6648;
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) has evolved over the past century and this in itself is testimony to leadership of some form. Despite considerable research into leadership in many contexts, until recently there has been limited investigation into leadership within and for the ECEC field in Australia. This paper reports on a research project conducted with a range of ECEC personnel investigating their understanding of the notion of leadership and how they see it being enacted in the birth to five field. It discusses a theoretical interpretation of a broad range of issues identified by participants informed by symbolic interactionism and viewed through the lens of feminist theory.
AB - The field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) has evolved over the past century and this in itself is testimony to leadership of some form. Despite considerable research into leadership in many contexts, until recently there has been limited investigation into leadership within and for the ECEC field in Australia. This paper reports on a research project conducted with a range of ECEC personnel investigating their understanding of the notion of leadership and how they see it being enacted in the birth to five field. It discusses a theoretical interpretation of a broad range of issues identified by participants informed by symbolic interactionism and viewed through the lens of feminist theory.
KW - Open access version available
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 51
EP - 61
JO - Australian research in early childhood education : journal for Australian research in early childhood education
JF - Australian research in early childhood education : journal for Australian research in early childhood education
SN - 1320-6648
IS - 2
ER -