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Preparing early childhood professionals to work with parents: The challenges of diversity and dissensus |
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Patrick Hughes
Deakin University
Glenda MacNaughton
The University of Melbourne
This article examines how early childhood staff in diverse circumstances negotiate relationships with parents. It draws on interviews with staff in two rural and three urban communities in Australia, who were asked about their parent communication practices, their experiences of these practices, and their preferences within these practices. Their responses were analysed in the light of international research showing the importance of creating strong interpretive communities between staff and parents but consistent staff anxiety about their relationships with parents. The paper explores the extent to which staff's different approaches to communicating with parents can create sustainable interpretive communities between them, and it highlights some implications for staff training and development around parent involvement.
AJEC Vol.27 No.2 June 2002, 14-20
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