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For some years now we have been studying the behaviour of preschool children in nurseries and playgroups. From our early observations a feature which most caught our attention was the difference...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Children often enjoy play fighting and wrestling together. From the preschool years onwards, this kind of play - often called rough-and-tumble play - is a common feature of school playgrounds or any...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Much of our current educational practice is based on the assumption that play is important to children - indeed that it is essential to their growth and development. We also assume that adults,...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How does the size of the building affect play? How does the size of the group? How does the type of equipment you provide, or the number of items, or the number of adults, or what they do? Many basic...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
What happens when teachers exclude an aspect of children’s home culture—popular media—from early childhood centres? This case study documents how teacher rules (“no guns”, “no toys from home”)...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2012). Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school. Otago University Press. Reviewed by Jennifer Tatebe
Kalantzis, M., & Cope,...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article