{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2164493499","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2011.12.2.102","title":"An Analysis of the Conceptualisation of \u2018Quality\u2019 in Early Childhood Education and Care Empirical Research: Promoting \u2018Blind Spots' as Foci for Future Research","display_name":"An Analysis of the Conceptualisation of \u2018Quality\u2019 in Early Childhood Education and Care Empirical Research: Promoting \u2018Blind Spots' as Foci for Future Research","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2164493499","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2011.12.2.102","mag":"2164493499"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.2304/ciec.2011.12.2.102","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2011.12.2.102","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2011.12.2.102","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S123706233","display_name":"Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood","issn_l":"1463-9491","issn":["1463-9491"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","norway-2","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072120721","display_name":"Marianne Fenech","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4892-5585","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4892-5585"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99043593","display_name":"Macquarie University","ror":"https://ror.org/01sf06y89","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99043593"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Marianne Fenech","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99043593"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5072120721"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99043593"],"apc_list":{"value":3650,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3650},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":18.4658,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":98,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98891962,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"12","issue":"2","first_page":"102","last_page":"117"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10589","display_name":"Early Childhood Education and Development","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10589","display_name":"Early Childhood Education and Development","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13529","display_name":"Education Systems and Policies","score":0.0015999999595806003,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14290","display_name":"Education Methods and Practices","score":0.00039999998989515007,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ecological-model","display_name":"ecological model","score":0.574999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/child-development","display_name":"child development","score":0.7870000004768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/preschool-children","display_name":"preschool children","score":0.7020000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/infant-and-toddler-care","display_name":"infant and toddler care","score":0.5609999895095825}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178229462","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1472221","display_name":"Early childhood education","level":2,"score":0.7332655191421509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.6333931684494019},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128706718","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131015","display_name":"Positivism","level":2,"score":0.627951443195343},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151913843","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3454555","display_name":"Dominance (genetics)","level":3,"score":0.5391313433647156},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777082460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3377398","display_name":"Early childhood","level":2,"score":0.5333858132362366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.5101309418678284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.5076948404312134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36727532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861399","display_name":"Educational research","level":2,"score":0.45590299367904663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.3960040807723999},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3890219032764435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.3228874206542969},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.3018954396247864},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.2816135585308075},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.2304/ciec.2011.12.2.102","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2011.12.2.102","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2011.12.2.102","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S123706233","display_name":"Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood","issn_l":"1463-9491","issn":["1463-9491"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","norway-2","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality education"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.4699999988079071,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality education"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334704","display_name":"Australian Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/05mmh0f86"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":60,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W136398689","https://openalex.org/W181910409","https://openalex.org/W303696425","https://openalex.org/W344946867","https://openalex.org/W369886720","https://openalex.org/W613336760","https://openalex.org/W1488142001","https://openalex.org/W1500464162","https://openalex.org/W1502682600","https://openalex.org/W1543366976","https://openalex.org/W1547112144","https://openalex.org/W1548098792","https://openalex.org/W1549555126","https://openalex.org/W1567607950","https://openalex.org/W1573488345","https://openalex.org/W1577609063","https://openalex.org/W1973842032","https://openalex.org/W1982581203","https://openalex.org/W1987486242","https://openalex.org/W1987712305","https://openalex.org/W1987715703","https://openalex.org/W1998793932","https://openalex.org/W1999059439","https://openalex.org/W2003350920","https://openalex.org/W2006043808","https://openalex.org/W2018955691","https://openalex.org/W2037474735","https://openalex.org/W2050549719","https://openalex.org/W2053577513","https://openalex.org/W2056141506","https://openalex.org/W2059194014","https://openalex.org/W2065066610","https://openalex.org/W2065702384","https://openalex.org/W2070634509","https://openalex.org/W2079774029","https://openalex.org/W2085240165","https://openalex.org/W2092749763","https://openalex.org/W2101885859","https://openalex.org/W2106272891","https://openalex.org/W2114677442","https://openalex.org/W2142571946","https://openalex.org/W2148232060","https://openalex.org/W2148550018","https://openalex.org/W2150971918","https://openalex.org/W2154126200","https://openalex.org/W2159305608","https://openalex.org/W2204511421","https://openalex.org/W2254735081","https://openalex.org/W2461519864","https://openalex.org/W2476799296","https://openalex.org/W2481935314","https://openalex.org/W2498323298","https://openalex.org/W2754121486","https://openalex.org/W2788007549","https://openalex.org/W3000074734","https://openalex.org/W4205463969","https://openalex.org/W4239668811","https://openalex.org/W4253760464","https://openalex.org/W4254566305","https://openalex.org/W4299619269"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7102766563","https://openalex.org/W7084407301","https://openalex.org/W2746341356","https://openalex.org/W7212041164","https://openalex.org/W4386509907","https://openalex.org/W1627262659","https://openalex.org/W3157483426","https://openalex.org/W7213758101","https://openalex.org/W4416425582","https://openalex.org/W7117224604"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"article":[1,89,122],"critically":[2],"analyses":[3],"how":[4,106],"empirical":[5],"research":[6,103],"investigating":[7],"quality":[8,36,41,46,52,59,77,107,136],"early":[9],"childhood":[10],"education":[11],"and":[12,73,76,86,112,132],"care":[13],"(ECEC)":[14],"in":[15,101],"the":[16,48,96,118,125],"period":[17],"1980\u20132008":[18],"has":[19,104,124],"conceptualised":[20],"\u2018quality\u2019.":[21],"Applying":[22],"Foucault's":[23],"notion":[24],"of":[25,50,98,117,135],"\u2018critique\u2019":[26],"to":[27,70,82,127,129],"338":[28],"peer-reviewed":[29],"journal":[30],"articles":[31],"uncovered":[32],"six":[33],"interconnected":[34],"truths:":[35],"is":[37,47,68,79],"an":[38,64],"objective":[39],"reality;":[40],"enhances":[42],"children's":[43],"optimal":[44],"development;":[45],"domain":[49],"science/psychology;":[51],"can":[53,60,109],"be":[54,61,110],"known":[55],"from":[56],"researchers'":[57],"perspectives;":[58],"understood":[62],"using":[63],"ecological":[65],"framework":[66],"that":[67,95],"limited":[69,105],"child,":[71],"familial":[72],"childcare":[74],"variables;":[75],"ECEC":[78,102,108],"more":[80,130],"pertinent":[81],"preschoolers":[83],"than":[84],"babies":[85],"infants.":[87],"The":[88],"problematises":[90],"these":[91],"prevailing":[92],"truths,":[93],"arguing":[94],"dominance":[97],"positivist":[99],"discourse":[100],"thought":[111],"talked":[113],"about.":[114],"An":[115],"addressing":[116],"blind":[119],"spots":[120],"this":[121],"identifies":[123],"potential":[126],"lead":[128],"developed":[131],"nuanced":[133],"understandings":[134],"ECEC.":[137]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-20T09:52:01.089006","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}