Information-seeking in family day care: access, quality and personal cost

Title
Information-seeking in family day care: access, quality and personal cost
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Corr, L
Davis, E
Cook, K
McKinnon, A
Sims, Margaret
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4686-4245
Email: msims7@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:msims7
Herrman, H
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/1350293X.2014.969083
UNE publication id
une:16600
Abstract
Family day-care (FDC) educators work autonomously to provide care and education for children of mixed ages, backgrounds and abilities. To meet the demands and opportunities of their work and regulatory requirements, educators need access to context-relevant and high quality information. No previous research has examined how and where these workers access information. This study aimed to explore how and where FDC educators access information on children's social and emotional well-being. Data on information-seeking by educators was collected using focus groups and individual interviews. We found that educators use a range of networks to source information on children's social and emotional well-being. Information networks comprise other educators, FDC coordination staff, external health and childhood professionals, and the Internet. The availability, quality and personal costs associated with different sources have implications for educators and the collective capacity of FDC to respond to changing evidence and government requirements.
Link
Citation
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 22(5), p. 698-710
ISSN
1752-1807
1350-293X
Start page
698
End page
710

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