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Professional caring as mothering

Early Education and Care, and Reconceptualizing Play

ISBN: 978-0-76230-810-1, eISBN: 978-1-84950-117-0

Publication date: 30 October 2001

Abstract

This chapter provides a case study of one woman who works as a professional child carer in a capital city of Australia. It details the ways in which she cares professionally for young children and shows how connections have been made between this caring and the ways in which the carer was mothered, or cared for as a child. Cultural feminist perspectives are adopted to theorise the lived experiences of mothering and caring that are depicted. The case study provides insights into connections that existed between the carer's experiences of growing up in relationships with her mother and the caring philosophies that continued to mediate her professional caring practices with young children.

Citation

McBride, N. and Grieshaber, S. (2001), "Professional caring as mothering", Reifel, S. and Brown, M.H. (Ed.) Early Education and Care, and Reconceptualizing Play (Advances in Early Education and Day Care, Vol. 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 169-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0270-4021(01)80007-0

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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