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Drop-off at the gate: Challenges to parent–staff collaboration in Danish childcare in the era of COVID-19

  • University College Copenhagen
  • Danmarks Lærerforening

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Abstract

This chapter draws on data from a qualitative research study: ‘Pedagogy in the shade of corona’. Through virtual ethnographic interviews in May and November 2020, we examined how Danish parents and childcare professionals experienced the corona lockdown and reopening of nurseries and kindergartens. In the chapter, we examine the changed collaborative practices between parents and childcare professionals by: 1) exploring the changed conditions of the collaborative practices between parents and childcare professionals during the pandemic; and 2) with the concept ‘chain of care’ analysing what possibilities and challenges these changes posed for the essential task of parent–staff collaboration for the child’s well-being.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEarly Childhood Education and Care in a Global Pandemic : How the Sector Responded, Spoke Back and Generated Knowledge
EditorsLinda Henderson, Katherine Bussey, Hasina Banu Ebrahim, Hasina Ebrahim
Number of pages11
Place of PublicationOxfordshire
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date23 Jun 2022
Chapter8
ISBN (Print)9781003257684
ISBN (Electronic)9781003257684
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jun 2022

Keywords

  • children and youth

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