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In whose best interests? Regulating childcare environments in Australia
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posted on 2021-12-01, 00:00 authored by Anne-Marie MorrisseyAnne-Marie Morrissey, Deb MooreDeb MooreThis conceptual model paper uses systems theory to explain how key elements in the Australian policy and regulatory context lead to three issues of concern in childcare centre physical environments: siting of centres on busy roads; lack of outdoor space; and, emergency evacuation in high-rise buildings. Drawing on evidence from prior studies and policy documents through desktop research, as well as childcare centre visits and communications with stakeholders and experts, we confirmed these issues as threats to children’s health, safety, development and well-being. Adapting Goekler’s ‘iceberg model’ of systems theory, we identified a dominance of commercial childcare property interests and complex and conflicting policy and regulatory structures, as explanatory elements leading to outcomes that conflict with children’s best interests.
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Australasian Journal of Early ChildhoodVolume
46Issue
4Article number
ARTN 18369391211050184Pagination
370 - 382Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTDPublisher DOI
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1836-9391eISSN
1839-5961Language
EnglishPublication classification
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