ABSTRACT

In the context of an ongoing policy crisis in relation to the qualifications of the early childhood workforce in England, this paper first rehearses the context and long overdue need for reform before presenting a framework for career structure and professional early childhood education qualifications in England. This framework is designed to address difficulties of recruitment, retention, and progression, and thereby raise the status of qualifications and the roles they enable early years practitioners to undertake. The paper ends by reiterating the importance of qualifications for those working in early childhood education, what they need to study and how what they study equips them for their various roles.

摘要

在与英国幼儿劳动力资格相关的持续政策危机的背景下，本文首先预演了背景和早就应该进行的改革，然后再提出英国职业结构和专业幼儿教育资格的框架。该框架旨在解决招聘、保留和晋升方面的困难，从而提高资格的地位及其使早年从业者能够承担的角色。论文最后重申了资格对于从事幼儿教育的人员的重要性，他们需要学习什么以及他们学习的内容如何使他们能够胜任各种角色。