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Mothers have always held a special place in our society, but what of their substitutes - the nanny, the child under the mother's help. We look at the training of these mother substitutes, and thei...r relationship to their charges and their charges parents, and consider how it has changed to meet current ideas of child care.
Mothers have always held a special place in our society, but what of their substitutes - the nanny, the child under the mother's help. We look at the training of these mother substitutes, and thei...r relationship to their charges and their charges parents, and consider how it has changed to meet current ideas of child care.
| Module code and title: | E200, Contemporary issues in education |
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| Item code: | E200; 05 |
| First transmission date: | 24-03-1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:12 |
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| Producer: | Suzanne,1941- Campbell-Jones |
| Contributors: | Barbara Cartland; Martin Woodhead; Peter Smith; Virginia Makins; Miss Bailey; Viscount Weymouth; Miss Sims |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Chiltern Nursery Training College; Mother substitution; Nannies |
| Footage description: | Opening shots show young nannies in training. The song "Other Peoples' Babies" is played over. From the studio the OU's Martin Woodhead considers the relationships children form with substitute mothers. Extract from an interview with Barbara Cartland about the benefits of employing a nanny. A stills montage of early 20th century nannies is accompanied by music from the period. Woodhead comments briefly on the survival of nannies in aristocratic homes. Shots of a Scottish castle, where Miss Bailey is employed as a nanny. In interview she describes her attachment to her charges. Shots of her walking a pram in the grounds, with music over. Interviews with Viscount and Lady Weymouth about their reasons for employing a nanny. In the studio Woodhead explains that many modern nannies are not employed as complete mother substitutes, as in Lady Weymouth's home. Over stills of her home life Mrs. Saunders, who has an office at home, explains why she employs a nanny and the kind of roles the nanny assumes. Over stills of her with the children the nanny gives her opinion of her job. A similar sequence of stills shows the nanny at work in the home of another mother, Mrs.Hazel In voice-over the latter describes the role she expects the nanny to perform. The nanny adds her comments about her job over more stills. In the studio Woodhead interviews Peter Smith, lecturer in psychology at the University of Sheffield, about the shared care of children. Smith explains that the single child caretaker is a cultural phenomenon. He distinguishes different kinds of shared care, and comments on nannies. Film of Woodhead being shown around the grounds of The Chi Item nursery training college by the principal Miss Sims. In interview she explains that they teach nannies both theory and practice. Film of Mrs.Jewitt, a member of staff, showing two trainees how to bath a baby. Woodhead questions her about what students can learn from such demonstrations. Shots of trainees feeding young children. Woodhead interviews Miss Sims about the skills her college aims to teach its trainees to enable them to become competent nannies. Woodhead interviews Virginia Makins, an educationalist journalist who has employed nannies. They discuss the roles modern nannies can perform and compare them with child minders and day nurseries. Finally, Woodhead considers the absence of men in any of these kinds of child care. |
| Master spool number: | OU3562 |
| Production number: | FOUE049L |
| Videofinder number: | 521 |
| Available to public: | no |
