<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The sphere of early childhood education care (ECEC) in the Czech Republic has diversified enormously in the last decade. The article describes this diversification process and, drawing on focus group data, analyses parents’ choices within this diversified realm. Based on the parents’ selection criteria (significantly influenced by constraints and opportunities relating to social background or family status), it identifies four parental groups: pedagogical approach-centered, child-centered, facility-centered and (constrained) non-selective. The issues of ECEC diversification and parental choice are then discussed in light of Annette Lareau’s classed cultural logics of child rearing and the potential implications for the reproduction and reinforcement of social inequalities.</p></abstract>

The sphere of early childhood education care (ECEC) in the Czech Republic has diversified enormously in the last decade. The article describes this diversification process and, drawing on focus group data, analyses parents’ choices within this diversified realm. Based on the parents’ selection criteria (significantly influenced by constraints and opportunities relating to social background or family status), it identifies four parental groups: pedagogical approach-centered, child-centered, facility-centered and (constrained) non-selective. The issues of ECEC diversification and parental choice are then discussed in light of Annette Lareau’s classed cultural logics of child rearing and the potential implications for the reproduction and reinforcement of social inequalities.

Choosing the right kindergarten: Parents’ reasoning about their ECEC choices in the context of the diversification of ECEC programs

Faculty of Education, Institute for Research in Inclusive Education

Faculty of Education Institute for Research in Inclusive Education

Journal of Pedagogy

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The sphere of early childhood education care (ECEC) in the Czech Republic has diversified enormously in the last decade. The article describes this...

Choosing the right kindergarten: Parents’ reasoning about their ECEC choices in the context of the diversification of ECEC programs

Published Online: Mar 07, 2019

Page range: 9 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2018-0009

Keywords
early childhood education and care, choice, social reproduction, social inequalities, the Czech Republic

© 2018 Martina Kampichler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Choosing the right kindergarten: Parents’ reasoning about their ECEC choices in the context of the diversification of ECEC programs

Published Online: Mar 07, 2019

Page range: 9 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2018-0009

Keywordsearly childhood education and care, choice, social reproduction, social inequalities, the Czech Republic

© 2018 Martina Kampichler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
early childhood education and care, choice, social reproduction, social inequalities, the Czech Republic