This chapter explores the impact impact of Foundation degree Foundation degree study on the changing professional professional identities of women, who comprise the majority of workers workers in the early years workforce. Historically, the care of young children has been seen as the (natural) preserve of women and as one that needs little knowledge knowledge and few, if any, formal qualifications qualifications save those gained through the experience of motherhood. The professionalisation of the early years workforce is seen as a key element in the English government government ’s reform agenda for the early years and we consider some of the challenges early years students face in becoming reflective and reflexive practitioners within a strongly regulated environment. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011.
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