A Bourdieusian Analysis of Good Practice Partnerships: Implications for Private, Voluntary and Independent Early Childcare Leaders

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The issues raised are of great importance, even more so as a result of Covid-impacts on childcare. The findings seems compelling but with better headings and more delineation of participants' perspectives, the differences among groups could be presented in a stronger way.  This is important preliminary work. The authors could include a section outlining future work, based on the limitations of the study.  The inequality among groups, built into both the implementation plan and, to a degree, the study design (especially composition of focus groups) affects the findings. I question the assumptions of the intervention....that handwriting is a measure of literacy skill and that gender-based intervention will over-ride development. That issue, however, is beyond the focus of this inquiry.

Author Response

The authors would like to thank the reviewer for their time, diligence and feedback.  We shall make the suggested amendments within the five days allowed.

Reviewer 2 Report

I strongly feel that your research makes sense and is relevant, the only thing I miss there is that you do not very clearly show the practical implications and thus I cannot see much impact of it.
I do not consider the introduction to be sufficient. It does not clearly set the background, does not clearly define what is meant by the key terms and does not show why this research can be important and must be conducted.
The discussion needs improvement. It does not clearly show the results in the context of other researches showing the novelty of the current research.
The conclusions are quite general.

Author Response

The authors thank the reviewer for their time, diligence and recommendations.  We will address the suggestions within the five days we have been allowed to resubmit.