Inequality, social justice and the purpose of Early Childhood Education Press, F, Cooke, Mandy, Gibbs, L and Warren, R 2021, Inequality, social justice and the purpose of Early Childhood Education, Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 510-524, doi: 10.3224/diskurs.v16i4.09. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Inequality, social justice and the purpose of Early Childhood Education Author(s) Press, F Cooke, Mandy Gibbs, L Warren, R Journal name Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research Volume number 16 Issue number 4 Start page 510 End page 524 Total pages 15 Publisher Verlag Barbara Budrich Place of publication Leverkusen, Germany Publication date 2021-12 ISSN 1862-5002 2193-9713 Keyword(s) early childhood education social justice quality inequality Summary Early childhood education and care (ECEC) – as with education more generally – should be a central plank of a suite of social policies designed to support more socially just societies. However, universal access to ECEC in itself, will not redress inequalities. This paper draws upon reports from the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), and data from three doctoral studies nested within the Australian Exemplary Early Childhood Educators at Work research project, to argue for attention to the quality of the early childhood system and to consider the contribution that a deeply embedded socially just purpose makes to quality. Language eng DOI 10.3224/diskurs.v16i4.09 Field of Research 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl Maori) Socio Economic Objective 930201 Pedagogy HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30160160 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 13 Dec 2021, 08:47:45 EST Mon, 13 Dec 2021, 08:50:39 EST Tue, 14 Dec 2021, 09:21:08 EST Fri, 25 Feb 2022, 15:54:52 EST Wed, 13 Apr 2022, 14:56:19 EST Wed, 13 Apr 2022, 16:06:39 EST Wed, 13 Apr 2022, 16:20:17 EST Thu, 05 May 2022, 11:36:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 13 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Dec 2021, 08:50:39 EST