Gender and Early Childhood Education: Debates and Current Challenges
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 April 2025 | Viewed by 77
Special Issue Editors
Interests: early childhood education; care, gender, digital technology, linguistic and cultural diversity
Interests: policy; quality improvement; pedagogy in early childhood education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue explores contemporary issues associated with gender and early childhood education and care (ECEC). We aim to extend knowledge about both theory and practice, to enrich the research field. The main focus of the issue is on gender and education in ECEC, and how it can be problematized and debated illuminating emerging challenges.
One example is the impact of digital technology on the ECEC field and workforce. Gender as a concept can be problematized in terms of diversity, context, access, inclusivity and visibility.
Another example is research impact and the importance of us as researchers and practitioners collecting evidence of engagement and impact. We welcome research articles that demonstrate a strong impact on relevant stakeholders, communities or beneficiaries.
This Special Issue, from a global context, aims to present and bring together a collection of papers and reviews offering a range of theoretical perspectives and contemporary research on gender and early childhood education and care. We welcome high-quality papers and original contributions on this topic from a range of contexts catering for children from birth to six years of age. This includes early childhood settings, teacher education programs and professional learning opportunities for ECEC professionals.
Dr. Anne Keary
Prof. Dr. Susanne Garvis
Dr. Haoran Zheng
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- gender
- early childhood education and care, impact
- digital technology
