Childhood
Volume 24, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 366-380

‘They need to … ’: Exploring practitioners’ attitudes in relation to newcomer migrant children’s needs in Norwegian day care (Article)

Kalkman K.* , Haugen G.M.D. , Valenta M.
  • a NTNU Social Research, Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • b NTNU Social Research, Norway
  • c Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Abstract

Taking a critical stance on day care as a social site for democratic practice, this article focusses on practitioners’ attitudes regarding including newcomer migrant children in the assessment of their needs and decision-making processes in Norwegian day care. Considering the needs-discourse as a way of conveying both policy-makers’ and practitioners’ conclusions about the requirements of migrant children’s childhoods, we reveal how the individual agency of practitioners is captured by developmental culture-bound norms regarding what an ideal childhood should be. © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.

Author Keywords

Participation Needs Day care Migrant Children Agency policy

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85026902721&doi=10.1177%2f0907568216688244&partnerID=40&md5=b3e08fb6cf614a28eb06d87461713d84
DOI: 10.1177/0907568216688244
ISSN: 09075682
Original Language: English