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“But who are the parents?” Examining heteronormative discourses in New Zealand government early childhood reports and policy

Author(s): Alexandra C. Gunn
In the 1940s New Zealand government reports and policy about early childhood education were written with the assumption that parents were part of a nuclear family consisting of mother,...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

Matching parents’ efforts: How teachers can resist heteronormativity in early education settings

Author(s): Alexandra C. Gunn, Nicola Surtees
This article looks at the experiences of same-gender parents and their children when they encounter and challenge heteronormativity in early education settings. Drawing on a study that investigated...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

Early childhood initial teacher education students’ learning about assessment

This article examines conceptions of assessment in early childhood initial teacher education (ITE) students’ learning and relative to assessment policy and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand...
| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article