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Beliefs and attributions: Insider accounts of men’s place in early childhood education and care (2020)
Journal Article

Theoretical perspectives, and a large body of empirical research examining sex-segregated occupations, identify the attitudinal barriers of the majority as pivotal for both workplace well-being and the retention of minorities. Globally, where more th... Read More about Beliefs and attributions: Insider accounts of men’s place in early childhood education and care.

Does the gender of a practitioner matter in early childhood education and care? Perspectives from Scottish and Chinese young children (2020)
Journal Article

This paper responds to concerns over the assumed ‘feminisation’ of early childhood education and care (ECEC) and adds children's perspectives to debates on whether more men should work in ECEC. Pictorial conversations were conducted with 280 children... Read More about Does the gender of a practitioner matter in early childhood education and care? Perspectives from Scottish and Chinese young children.

Beyond gender binaries: pedagogies and practices in early childhood education and care (ECEC) (2020)
Journal Article