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dc.contributor.authorGarvis, Susanne
dc.contributor.authorPendergast, Donna
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:11:32Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:11:32Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-06-12T23:44:52Z
dc.identifier.issn1836-9391
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/60169
dc.description.abstractChildcare services in Australia have experienced a rapid growth in demand over the last 30 years. This has paralleled a number of shifts in society, including: the changing roles and expectations of women; the structuring of an economy that relies on dual income as the norm; the assigning of responsibility to the wider community for the adequate provision of child care; and more recently, an expectation that early years child care also performs an educative role. The current Australian context features a mini baby boom (Bryant, 2011) resulting in a strong demand for child care but with an unmatched supply of services. As a potential election promise, the federal opposition leader in 2012 suggested that the Australian childcare rebate for families should be extended to nannies to increase supply and to help with out-of-hours care. This would be a new initiative for the childcare industry. This paper reports on the text analysis of a self-selected group of 113 respondents who posted comments to a website in response to this proposal. Key themes emerged in the posts relating to: the role of women; middle-class welfare; the role of nannies; and the pressures of modern living. Findings from this investigation are important as they provide a moment in time snapshot of perceptions about early childhood education and care. Policy initiatives are explored with a view to address the shortfall in childcare provision; findings are important to provide initial glimpses of community perceptions.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEarly Childhood Australia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/183693911303800313
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom105
dc.relation.ispartofpageto111
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralasian Journal of Early Childhood
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarly childhood education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3903
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode390302
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.titlePerceptions of rebates for nanny care: An analysis of an online discussion
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© 2013 Early Childhood Australia. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorPendergast, Donna L.
gro.griffith.authorGarvis, Susie M.


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