Conclusion: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Care and Education and Home with Love

Guerrero, Margarita Ruiz; Gibbons, Andrew

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-43695-6_11

Margarita Ruiz Guerrero¹⁰ &
Andrew Gibbons¹¹

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The provocation that home can be a place and not a place at the same time is of particular importance in the study of early childhood care and education (ECCE). This provocation invites a broad range of questions concerning home and many associated phenomena. This chapter reflects on a nomadic inquiry into home. It recognizes the task of opening up understandings of the functioning of home in the very construction of early childhood curriculum (from the patterns of dwelling within a community and society to the expectations of ECCE in creating a home for children while parents and caregivers work). The authors share a view that there is something significant for teachers and families to engage in, to not take-for-granted, when we think about, talk about, act out, make, build, dwell in, idealize (and so on) home. The chapter explores the deep connections between home and love, through stories of identity, family, and collegiality.

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Margarita Ruiz Guerrero
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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School of Education, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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College of Education, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Sonya Gaches
Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Sonja Arndt
Inclusive Education, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Department of Social Science, Law, and Education, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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Guerrero, M.R., Gibbons, A. (2023). Conclusion: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Care and Education and Home with Love. In: Gibbons, A., et al. Home in Early Childhood Care and Education. Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43695-6_11

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