"It'll all come out in the wash, but it's a bit of a struggle": Managing Change in an Informal Parent-Child Program

Roz Stooke

doi:10.18357/jcs.v37i2.15203

"It'll all come out in the wash, but it's a bit of a struggle": Managing Change in an Informal Parent-Child Program

Authors

Roz Stooke Western University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs.v37i2.15203

Abstract

This paper draws on a qualitative case study to discuss ways in which a group of practitioners employed in an informal, community-based, parent-child program were experiencing recent changes in Ontario’s early years policies. I conceptualize the practitioners’ efforts to manage the changes as transition work, by which I mean that they were working to develop ways of participating in a fast-changing professional world. The paper explores ways in which a narrative approach to documenting program activities can bring visibility to practitioners’ work and support critical reflection on practice. I employ two stories to provoke further discussion about larger stories of change.

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Author Biography

Roz Stooke, Western University

Roz Stooke has worked as a classroom teacher, family literacy facilitator, and children’s librarian. Currently she teaches courses in curriculum studies, children’s literature and early childhood literacy at Western University. Her research explores ways in which diversely situated practitioners and families support young children’s literacy in community settings.

Published

2012-12-30

How to Cite

Stooke, R. (2012). "It’ll all come out in the wash, but it’s a bit of a struggle": Managing Change in an Informal Parent-Child Program. Journal of Childhood Studies, 37(2), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs.v37i2.15203

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 2 (Fall 2012): Canadian Children

Section

Child Study

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