Activity 1.2 | An Ethics of Care: Unpacking the Implications

Reflect on each prompt and record your responses in your journal. Click on each accordion heading to reveal the reflective questions: 

Ensure you allocate sufficient time to engage in the readings (Drew & MacAlpine, 2020; Langford et al., 2017) and to reflect on your responses.

This activity is integral to developing a deeper understanding of care in ECE.

References

Drew, J., & MacAlpine, K.-A. (2020). Witnessing the Ruins: Speculative Stories of Caring for the Particular and the Peculiar. Journal of Childhood Studies, 45(2), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs452202019737

Langford, R., Richardson, B., Albanese, P., Bezanson, K., Prentice, S., & White, J. (2017). Caring about care: Reasserting care as integral to early childhood education and care practice, politics and policies in Canada. Global Studies of Childhood, 7(4), 311-322. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043610617747978 (Original work published 2017)