Forgotten women in education: A narrative inquiry into the marginalisation of ECD practitioners

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dc.contributor.authorAploon-Zokufa, Kaylianne
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-14T09:59:01Z
dc.date.available2024-11-14T09:59:01Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBackground: South African narratives of and by early childhood development (ECD) practitioners often focus on policies, practices and perspectives in research. While these are important for the development of the field, the voices of ECD practitioners, in this marginalised space, are silent. Aim: This article aims to understand: Who are the ECD practitioners? What are the conditions of their lives and livelihoods? How do they negotiate opportunities for employment, socio-economic growth and further education and training? Setting: The study describes the marginality of ECD practitioners by narrating the lived experience of work and post-school education and training of one mature woman in the Western Cape. By narrating a single story, the stories of others unfold; working in similar circumstances and negotiating the same opportunities in the harsh reality of poverty and oppression. Employing a narrative methodology is a commitment to decolonising the practice of research, where voices of the ‘Other’ are centralised and amplified. Methods: An intersectional lens forms the theoretical grounding for this article with life history interviews as its primary form of data collection. Results: Adult women ECD practitioners are mainly poor, black and female. They pursue access into higher education to improve their lives and livelihoods. Conclusion: The intersections that shape their lives limit their opportunities for access and success. Contribution: The power of narrative research, displayed in this article, ensures that voice is used to move the lived experiences of black women ECD practitioners from the margins to the centre.
dc.identifier.citationAploon-Zokufa, K., 2024. Forgotten women in education: A narrative inquiry into the marginalisation of ECD practitioners. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 14(1), p.1492.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v14i1.1492
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/19677
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAOSIS (Pty) Ltd
dc.subjectECD practitioners
dc.subjectIntersectionality
dc.subjectLived experience
dc.subjectMarginalisation
dc.subjectNarrative inquiry
dc.titleForgotten women in education: A narrative inquiry into the marginalisation of ECD practitioners
dc.typeArticle

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