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Teaching is a highly complex and political endeavour, and as teachers we need to be courageous as we support children to make sense of the increasingly complex and diverse societies that we live in....
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
This article explores early childhood teachers’ and leaders’ early responses to the release of the revised early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki (Ministry of Education, 2017), with a particular...
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Despite implementation of significant legislation and policy initiatives related to human rights and inclusive practices, children with disabilities can still experience discrimination and exclusion...
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The findings of a recent Teaching and Learning Research Initiative project. Researchers used a collaborative whakawhanaungatanga approach to explore how early childhood educators in settings other...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The 2020 COVID lockdown provoked the early childhood team at Manukau Institute of Technology to radically rethink how practicum was assessed. The usual approach of an “in-centre” observation followed...
| Year published: 2022 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
The New Zealand early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki, encourages teachers to intentionally implement learning experiences so children learn about and through the visual arts. Acknowledging the...
| Year published: 2022 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: CM_18_088.pdf | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
Recent demographic changes create new challenges for teachers in English-medium settings in early years education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Increases in the number of children learning in more than...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Parent–teacher partnerships are critical to enacting the principles of Te Whāriki: relationships, family and community, empowerment, and holistic development. Our project used “funds of...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: ECF2014_1_022.pdf | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Children are constantly trying to make sense of their world. Working theories—one of the key learning outcomes of Te Whāriki—are constructed, adapted, and enriched in children’s lives as...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Teachers’ pedagogical knowledge is often evident in mantra-like phrases that act as shortcut explanations for professional actions, or as principles of practice. Five key mantras for good practice in...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article