Barriers and solutions to HE progression for Early Years' practitioners

Alexandra Kendall; Danielle Carey; Andy Cramp; Helen Perkins

doi:10.1080/13636820.2012.727858

Barriers and solutions to HE progression for Early Years' practitioners

Alexandra Kendall^*, Danielle Carey, Andy Cramp, Helen Perkins

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	543-560
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Vocational Education and Training
Volume	64
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2012.727858
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Dec 2012

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This paper draws on a study of Early Years’ practitioners working in the PVI sector in the West Midlands of England. The study was funded by the Black Country Birmingham and Solihull Lifelong Learning Network, a body funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to increase participation of vocationally qualified learners in higher education, and focused on practitioners’ thoughts and feelings about career development within the context of workforce reform. The study explored expressed barriers to and stimuli for undertaking professional development generally and higher level qualifications such as foundation degrees aligned to the professionalisation agenda particularly.

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Early Years practitioners
foundation degrees
professional identity
professionalisation
vocational education

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