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Jan Peeters
Dr. Jan Peeters is the coordinator of the Research and Resource Centre for Early Childhood Education and Care of the Department of Social Welfare Studies at the Ghent University (Belgium).
He acquired a PhD on ‘An international perspective on professionalism in ECE in Flanders’ in 2008. He has been promoting several innovative transnational Early Childhood Education and Care action-research projects since 1992 and has written numerous articles and has given since many years presentations on international conferences on professionalism, gender, poverty and diversity in the early years. Together with other international colleagues, he founded in 1998 the European DECET network on Diversity and professional development in ECE.
He is the author of two books on professionalism, one in English on ECE in New Zealand, France, England and Denmark: 'The Construction of a New Profession' (2008) and one in Dutch on professionalism in Flanders in an international perspective: 'De Warme professional' (2008). He organised a European conference in 2008 in Brussels: ‘Quality jobs for ECE’.
He is co-founder (2001) of the European magazine Children in Europe, a joint publication in 15 languages, that is distributed in 18 countries and he is since 10 years member of the editorial board. He was the guest editor of an issue on professionalism: ‘Aiming high: a professional workforce for the early years’ with contributions from renowed experts of 10 different countries.
He worked as advisor for the OECD Network Starting Strong from 2006 till 2008. He is elected in the board of the international Step by Step Association, an Eastern European and Central Asian ECE Network of 27 countries.
He was involved in several international research projects: the UNESCO-project ‘Learning and Caring together’, the Seepro project on professionalism in Europe and together with prof. Michel Vandenbroeck and dr. Mathias Urban (East London University) he is involved in the European Commission study on Competencies in Early Childhood Education (CoRe research project), that started early 2010 and will publish the results in spring 2011.
Bibliography
Peeters, J. (2012). Childcare Professionalism in Flanders: An Inside-Outside Perspective. In Miller, Dalli & Urban Early Childhood Grows up. Towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer.
Peeters, J. & Vandenbroeck, M. (2012). Childcare practitioners and the process of profesionalisation. In: Miller, L., Dury, R. & Cable, C. eds. Extending professional practice in the early years. Sage/ Open University.
Peeters, J. (2012). Durven dromen over vaderen en moederen? Wie gelooft die pedagogen nog? In Haerden, H. ed. Nadenken over opvoeden. Antwerpen, Apeldoorn: Garant.
Peeters, J; (2012). De Deense voorzieningen voor jonge kinderen: geen onderscheid tussen zorg en welzijn. In De Bie, Roose& Vandenbroeck. Maatschappelijk engagement: een besef van kwetsbaarheid. Gent: Academia Press.
Peeters, J. (2012). De neerwaartse spiraal doorbroken : de professionaliteitsdiscussie in de kinderopvang. In: Van Leeuwen, K. & Van Crombrugge, H. eds. Gezinnen in soorten. Garant
Peeters, J. & Vandenbroeck, M. (2012). Freinet et l'accueil d'enfants : à nouveau croire au monde. In: Heyerick, L. ed. 25 ans d'enseignement Freinet à Gand. Département de l'Enseignement et de l'Education.
Peeters, J. & Vandenbroeck, M. (2012). Freinet en de Kinderopvang : opnieuw in de wereld geloven. In: Heyerick, L. ed. 25 jaar Freinet. Departement Onderwijs en Opvoeding Stad Gent.
Van Laere, K., Peeters, J. & Lund, S. (2012). Valuing the workforce : a 0-6 profession and parity with school teachers.. Dossier Children in Europe.
Mathias, U., Vandenbroeck, M., Van Laere, K., Lazzari, A. & Peeters, J. (2012). Towards competent systems in early childhood education and care : implications for policy and practice. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 47(4) 508-526
Peeters, J. & Vandenbroeck, M. (2012). A la recherche des systèmes compétents : conclusions et recommandations de CoRe un projet de recherche européen sur les compétences requises en EAPE. PETITE ENFANCE, 107 79-86
Van Laere, K., Peeters, J. & Vandenbroeck, M. (2012). The education and care divide : the role of the early childhood workforce in 15 European countries. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 47(4) 527-541
Peeters, J. The Gender divide. Children in Europe 23 (2) 12-13. Edinburgh : Children in Scotland.
Peeters, J. (2012). Kinderopvang en kleuterschool. ZORGBREED (ANTWERPEN), 9(35) 22-27
Peeters, J. (2011). 'Mannen moeten voorzichtig zijn' : over emoties en aanrakingen in voorzieningen voor jonge kinderen. WELWIJS (LEUVEN), 22(3) 3-5
Peeters, J. & Vandenbroeck, M. (2012). Tewerkstelling in de kinderopvangsector : grote uitdagingen voor de komende jaren. ACV
Peeters J, Vandenbroeck (2011). Child care practitioners and the Process of professionalization. In Miller & Cable Professionalization and Management in the Early Years London: Sage 62-74. ISBN 13: 9781849205542 ISBN 10: 184920554x
Peeters, J. (2010). Le professionalism dans les services aux jeunes enfants en Europe. Le Furet 61(1) 18-20.
Peeters, J. (2010). Een afstandelijke expert of een warme professional? Welke competenties heeft een PM'er nodig? BBMP(3) 3, 34-37. ISSN:1875-7898
Peeters,J. (2010). De talenten van de warme professional. In Van Vipbaby tot veelzijdige peuter. Meervoudige talentontwikkeling in de voorschoolse en buitenschoolse opvang en de eerste kleuterklas. Beleidscahier GO! 46-49.
Peeters, J. (2010). Le professionalisme dans les services des jeunes enfants en Europe. In Schronen D. ed. Niederigqualifizierte in Bildungsstrukturen- Les expériences 201-2010. Luxembourg: Conféderation caritas. 46-55. ISBN 978-2-919974-09-2
Peeters, J (2009). Lessen uit de vermarkting van de kinderopvang. Alert, 35(5), 31-37.
Peeters, J. (2009). Welk soort professional heeft de kinderopvang nodig? In A. van Keulen & A. del Barrio, Permanen Leren. Van zelfreflectie naar teamreflectie. (pp.19-27). Amsterdam: SWP
Peeters, J. (2008). De warme Professional. Begeleid(st)ers kinderopvang construeren professionaliteit. Gent, Academia Press. ISBN: 978 90 382 1365 1
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