The “Issues in Childhood Care and Education” journal as a picture of changes in theory, methodology and practice as well as an inspiration for the development of care pedagogy

Abstract

The “Issues in Childhood Care and Education” journal in a special way reflects formation of the identity of care pedagogy as a science, detailed methodologies as well as pedeutology in the field of educating staff for care and educational practice in higher education. The text is a study of articles published in the “Issues in Childhood Care and Education” journal, the aim of which is to indicate the changes over the 60 years of the journal's existence. Their selective development will be elaborated from the perspective of a research and didactic worker involved in higher education since 1982, who is also involved in the methodology as well as care and educational practice and analyses their historical sources. Selected scientific publications showing the development of care pedagogy and changes in the subject of its cognitive interest will also be presented. The following trends of changes were distinguished: 1) from a popular science journal to a scientific one, 2) from an interest in practice, methodology and knowledge in the field of social, care and educational pedagogy to an interdisciplinary and international character, 3) changes in the distinguished sections of the journal as a reflection of the development and expected changes, 4) changes in the country in which scientific, methodological and practical tasks in care and education are carried out, 5) changes in the subject of interest of care pedagogy, 6) from the analysis of care and educational activities and building subdiscipline: from care pedagogy to the analysis of relationships between various types of pedagogical activities in the caring aspects and relationships between the sciences and the development of subdisciplines, 7) from organizing thematically narrow seminars and conferences to numerous and interdisciplinary ones analysing care and educational issues in a multi-threaded way, 8) changes in the education of staff for care and educational, teaching, pedagogical work.