'We spend more time with the children than they do...': Education, care and the work of foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

'We spend more time with the children than they do...': Education, care and the work of foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

• Yelland, Nicola College of Education, Victoria University, Australia
• Andrew, Yarrow Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia
• Blaise, Mindy Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Chan, Yee On Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Globalisation, Societies & Education, 11(4), 443-458, 2013

Routledge

2013

• N Students & Student Services
  • NN Overseas Students in Hong Kong
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QB Pre-school Education, Child Caring Facilities, Maternal & Infantile Health Facilities

Child Care Parent-Child Caregiver Relationships Early Childhood Education Education -- Research Foreign Workers Adulthood China Hong Kong Domestic Labour Education and Care of Young Children Foreign Domestic Workers

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

Despite the ongoing global financial crisis, there is an increasing deployment of migrant workers across the globe, and in Hong Kong the foreign domestic worker occupies a ubiquitous presence in the lives of many families. Seven domestic workers from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand were interviewed to gain insight into their role in providing education and care for children in Hong Kong. This exploratory study focuses on the educational and care aspects of the work of foreign domestic workers. It considers the nature of their work and their relationship with the mother of the family. Findings reveal the difficulties of maintaining coordinated education and care of children in a culture where the dynamics of the unequal power relations are clearly demarcated. We raise new possibilities for interdisciplinary work to re-theorise the ways in which foreign domestic workers act as educators of young children and we call for new methodologies to enable their potential.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 14767724

• 10.1080/14767724.2013.807079

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2014-09-17