Abstract
This paper examines the ways in which parents talk about their participation in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), and the factors that, according to them, promote parental participation. A...
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This article examines parental participation and connectedness in Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), the ways in which the parents themselves view their participation, and the factors that they consider meaningful regarding their activeness in participation
This paper examines the ways in which parents talk about their partici pation in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), and the factors that, according to them, promote parental participation
The findings indicate that the feeling of participating and being active is strongly influenced by the feeling of connectedness to and within the ECEC community among parents, children, and ECEC educators
Summary
This article examines parental participation and connectedness in Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), the ways in which the parents themselves view their participation, and the factors that they consider meaningful regarding their activeness in participation. Karoliina Purola is completing her PhD at the University of Helsinki. Throughout her career, she has worked as a service leader in the Finnish municipal early childhood education and care (ECEC) setting. Arniika Kuusisto is a Professor of Child and Youth Studies, especially Early Childhood Development and Care, at Stockholm University, Sweden. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK, and Research Director and Docent at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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