What Does it Mean to be an Early Years Practitioner?

  • Mary Dyer (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation typesOral presentation

Description

This paper presents data from 7 early years practitioners about what they consider to be their professional identity, and explores the agency with which they articulate this. It goes on to discuss how this reflects wider research in the early years sector about the role of the early years practitioner, and the nature of professionalism.
Period30 Oct 2015
Event titleTACTYC Conference and Annual General Meeting 2015: Children and Practitioners' Experiences of Early Years Care and Education: Advocating for Young Children through Research and Practice
Event typeConference
LocationBirmingham , United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionNational