Talking Early Years: In Conversation with Peter Moss

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Professor Peter Moss about the political implications of early childhood education in the UK.

Early childhood education is not a neutral or technical service—it is a deeply political space and this is the focus of my podcast guest Professor Peter Moss, the well-known and outspoken academic critic of the UK Early Years policies. He argues that every decision about how we organise, fund, and value the early years reflects our collective beliefs about children, families, and the society we want to build. Yet in England, political action often avoids asking the most important questi...

People in this episode

Host: June O'Sullivan

Guest: Peter Moss

Topics covered

• early childhood education
• politics
• UK policies
• children
• families
• society

Keywords

• early childhood education
• political space
• UK policies
• children
• families
• society

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UK Early Years

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