TY - CHAP

T1 - Men and Care

T2 - Diversity and Equity

AU - Warin, J.

PY - 2018/6/1

Y1 - 2018/6/1

N2 - This chapter takes a close look at the concept of care considering arguments about care diversity and care equity in early childhood education: what kinds of care practices take place and who performs them. I begin by considering how care is downgraded in neoliberal education policy, illustrating from a recent study of primary school ‘nurture groups’ (NGs). I consider feminist theories of care using the related concepts of emotional labour and privileged irresponsibility to explore how gender mediates care practices, grounded in the realities of life at Acorns preschool. This includes a focus on embodied and emotional practices and the influence of public suspicion about men working with young children. © 2018, The Author(s).

AB - This chapter takes a close look at the concept of care considering arguments about care diversity and care equity in early childhood education: what kinds of care practices take place and who performs them. I begin by considering how care is downgraded in neoliberal education policy, illustrating from a recent study of primary school ‘nurture groups’ (NGs). I consider feminist theories of care using the related concepts of emotional labour and privileged irresponsibility to explore how gender mediates care practices, grounded in the realities of life at Acorns preschool. This includes a focus on embodied and emotional practices and the influence of public suspicion about men working with young children. © 2018, The Author(s).

KW - Care

KW - Care diversity

KW - Care equity

KW - Emotional labour

KW - Feminist ethic of care

KW - Privileged irresponsibility

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-89539-0_5

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-89539-0_5

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9783319895383

T3 - Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education

SP - 79

EP - 98

BT - Men in Early Childhood Education and Care

A2 - Warin, Jo

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - Cham

ER -