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Browsing School of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy · Te Kura Mahere Whakatinana Mātauranga by Subject "330110 Early Childhood Education"

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Assessment in New Zealand Early Childhood Education: A Foucauldian Analysis

Buchanan, Emma (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This thesis aims to problematise and denaturalise the current dominant, empowerment infused early childhood education (ece) assessment discourse in Aoteaora New Zealand through a Foucauldian discourse analysis. It addresses ...
Chinese Immigrant Children in New Zealand Early Childhood Centres

Guo, Karen Liang (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This research investigated the learning experiences of Chinese immigrant children in New Zealand early childhood centres with the aim of describing educational implications for early childhood professionals. A qualitative ...
Early Childhood Teachers’ Thinking and Reflection within their Communities of Practice

Cherrington, Susan Ann (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This multiple-case study investigated teachers’ thinking and reflection about their interactions with children in three early childhood (EC) centres. Located within a constructivist-interpretive paradigm, the study used ...
Living with Tensions: Stories of Chinese Early Childhood Teachers’ Teaching and Learning Experiences in the Contemporary Urban Chinese Context

Zhou, Jing (Jane) (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This narrative inquiry explores 6 Chinese early childhood teachers’ teaching and learning experiences in Shanghai and Beijing, where Chinese and Western educational ideas and practices co-exist. Interviews with teachers, ...
Overlapping Realities: Exploring How the Culture and Management of an Early Childhood Education Centre Provides Teachers with Opportunities for Professional Dialogue

Healy, Christine (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This research project investigated teachers' use of professional dialogue in one EC education centre in New Zealand. The qualitative case study highlighted the teachers' understanding of professional dialogue, the ...
Parental Perceptions About the Importance of Play in the First Three Years

Holland, Suzanne Kate (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Play is a universal and innate disposition that is believed to be one of the most significant components to holistic wellbeing and development during the foundational years of childhood. Research and literature examining ...
Skirmishes on the Border: How Children Experienced, Influenced and Enacted the Boundaries of Curriculum in an Early Childhood Education Centre Setting

Stephenson, Alison Margaret (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

The notion of curriculum as contested was central to this thesis. In particular, the focus was on how children (aged from 8 months to 5 years) experienced and influenced the scope of curriculum and participated in the ...