Abstract:
This article considers the potential of the recently “refreshed” Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki, focusing on how the document responds to three serious concerns: the ongoing challenges of honouring the commitments to Māori made in Te Tiriti o Waitangi; the more recent issue of superdiversity; and the climate-change crisis and the associated need for education to address ways of living sustainably on a finite planet. This discussion is bookended by a reflection on the original Te Whāriki document, and with a brief acknowledgement of the Education Council’s new Code of Professional Responsibility and Standards for the Teaching Profession.
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