A study of 100 childcare centres shows that many parents make passive choices of centres rather than actively choosing between alternatives. Parent choice is not currently a viable means of controlling quality and policy makers need to look at other mechanisms.

Technology education is a key learning area, yet very little is known about how young children should be involved in a technology curriculum. This paper reports on the mismatch between currilulum planning and young children's home experiences.

This innovative programme for Pacific Islands families in New Zealand shows that parents are offering more than they realise to their children. When encouraged to use their first language while playing, singing, and reading with their children, parents are not only passing on their language, but also affirming its cultural ...

The positive changes in early childhood education policy in New Zealand in the late 1980s occurred largely as a result of enough people coming together to speak with one voice for the sector. When the webs created by policy makers join with the webs of scholars and webs of thinking ...

Kohanga reo is a movement which can and has moved government into a legitimation crisis. It is a movement of Maori people who believe in the rightness of the culture, the language, traditions, and values.

How are professional ethics considered when preparing early childhood teacher education students for their practicum? Are students aware of the difference between an ethical dilemma and poor teaching practice? And do they know how to deal with either?

Starting school is a period of transition and adjustment as children move from early childhood centres or home to the school  environment. How well children make this transition can be a critical factor for children's adjustment to the demands of the school environment and in determining future school success.

The great man was awesome but inspiring. His work sprang from a European tradition somewhat foreign to ours but nonetheIess stimulating. A revealing review of his work. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1983, No. 1)

Child's play – is it a needless luxury in an educational programme or does it provide long-term benefits to society? Kathy Sylva examines the results of three research projects which challenge both critics and advocates alike. (From Early Childhood Development and Care Journal, 1984, Vol. 15, pp. 171–183.)

Young people behave and talk very differently at home and at school. This research report shows that our assumption about potential can be quite wrong. (From New Society, Sept. 1984, pp. 270–272, (reprinted set: Research Information for Teachers ,1985, No. 2))