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Abstract
The chapter introduces professional capital as a theoretical framework of understanding and reference for the ongoing work with quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The aim is to contribute to understanding what constitutes quality work in ECEC and how to improve it. Professional capital has three interrelated components: human, social, and decisional capital. It is based on the assumption that improvement work in educational practices demands collective and system-wide coherence and a professional learning culture in which collaboration, reflection, and improvements in the learning environment are qualified using data- and research-based knowledge and personal judgment. Combining these elements contributes to organizational and professional learning, which is also dependent on leadership. In the chapter, the theory of professional capital is linked to selected results from a Danish research and development project involving six municipalities (In Denmark, a municipality is a local government that is responsible for running the local social services. ECEC is one of these services), 165 ECEC centers, and about 3000 ECEC professionals (ECEC professionals are staff members and leaders in ECEC centers, and system leaders and consultants at the municipal level). The idea is that seeing the selected data through the lens of professional capital could serve as an example of the work with quality improvement in ECEC and the importance of establishing the necessary prerequisites for this.
Translated title of the contribution | Udvikling af Professionel kapital som afsæt for arbejdet med kvalitet i dagtilbud |
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Original language | English |
Title of host publication | Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care through Leadership and Organizational Learning |
Number of pages | 24 |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | Oct 2023 |
Pages | 49-72 |
Commissioning body | Springer Nature |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-031-39418-8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-031-39419-5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2023 |
Series | International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development |
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Number | 41 |
Volume | CHILD |
ISSN | 2468-8746 |
Keywords
- Professional capital
- Improvement work
- Quality work
- Organizational learning
- Leadership
- Social capital
- ECEC
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Program for læringsledelse - dagtilbud
Hansen, O., Ringsmose, C., Hansen, L. S., Hansen, O. H. & Falkesgaard, C. B.
01/08/2015 → 31/10/2020
Project: Research
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Use of Data and Research-based Knowledge in Early Childhood Education and Care
Hansen, L. S., Oct 2023, Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care through Leadership and Organizational Learning. Springer, p. 93-112 20 p. (International perspectives on early childhood education and development; No. 41, Vol. CHILD).Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Brug af data og forskningsviden i dagtilbud
Hansen, L. S., 2020, In: Pædagogisk Psykologisk Tidsskrift. 57, 2, p. 53 - 73 20 p., 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Systematisk arbejde over tid betaler sig: Resultater fra Program for læringsledelse - dagtilbud
Nordahl, T., Hansen, L. S., Ringsmose, C. & Drugli, M. B., 2020, 1 ed. Aalborg Universitetsforlag. 111 p. (FULM: Forskningsinformeret udvikling af læringsmiljøer).Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research › peer-review
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