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How might ways of engaging with families set Pasifika children up for learning success? Early childhood education in New Zealand is commonly play-based and builds on teachers’ understandings about...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
When young children move from one educational setting to another, it is important to understand the context of their prior experiences. Most children starting primary school have already experienced...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
You guessed right; people from the Pacific Islands. But why? Research reveals enough clues to make solutions possible. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1979, No. 1)
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
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...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
This article focuses on the powerful role of Samoan women sustaining the language and culture in Aotearoa. It presents findings from my Master’s thesis that explored the experiences of seven Samoan...
| Year published: 2021 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
In Aotearoa New Zealand, populations of Pacific peoples increased by 45% between 2006 and 2018 (Statistics New Zealand, 2018). Consequently, teachers need to be equipped with knowledge, skills, and...
| Year published: 2022 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
There are challenges to be faced when blending elements of two curriculum documents. Here are the tactics used by two teachers who use both the national early childhood education curriculum statement...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Aotearoa New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki includes the explanation that “A weaver weaves in new strands of harakeke or pandanus as their whāriki expands…” (Ministry of Education,...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: ECF2018_1_021.pdf | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article