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Can young children differentiate between dangers and safe play? Understanding the young child's view of the world has implications for road safety education.

Children’s story experiences are foundational to their social, emotional, and communication development. Viewed through a sociocultural lens, variability in the ways children and teachers interact...


Teacher expectations influence how children fare in education. However, we know little about how 4- and 5-year-old children in Aotearoa New Zealand perceive their curriculum experiences. This...

Three recent books, two from the United Kingdom and one from New Zealand, are based on three research projects. The results and lessons for us are examined. (From set: Research Information for...

Dominant cultural beliefs about disability can impact on the learning, participation, and inclusion of disabled children. This case study highlights the experiences of one family and their...

Learning about sustainability is now understood to be an important part of early childhood education. An important knowledge area associated with sustainability is biodiversity. Learning...

Relationships between children’s preschool and school educators are regarded as an important influence on children’s transition to school. This article reports on a study which investigated the...

This article reports findings from an ethnographic study aiming to deepen the understanding of the transition from preschool into school, with special regard to participation and learning, from...

Wellbeing and belonging are explored in this article through sociolinguistic interactional analysis of naturally arising conflict situations, captured ethnographically on video, and through...


This qualitative case study research explored children’s social disputes in one New Zealand kindergarten. The disputes typically related to the possession of resources and space. “First possession”...
