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Christie, Toni(Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)
This qualitative case study examines the teaching practices, inspired by the Pikler approach
and RIE philosophy, in one infant and toddler centre in a main city of New Zealand.
Specifically the practices studied were ...
I have always been interested in teachers' work in groups, partly because of my
background as a teacher in centre-based childcare and, more recently, as a
facilitator of in-service teacher education. When I turned to the ...
This paper discusses the establishment of Parents' Centre and identifies the
dynamics involved in this organisation from the perspectives of the pioneering
women and men who remained involved in its development for the ...
Children who are precocious readers, or able to read at an unusually young age without
having had formal instruction, have attracted considerable interest from literacy
researchers (Henderson, Jackson & Mukamal, 1993). ...
Starting school is a significant cultural and social milestone in the lives of children
(Ramey & Ramey, 1994; Renwick, 1984). However, the experiences of boys making
the transition has not been a particular focus for ...