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Teachers’ pedagogical knowledge is often evident in mantra-like phrases that act as shortcut explanations for professional actions, or as principles of practice. Five key mantras for good practice in...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article The revised version of Te Whāriki (2017) acknowledges children’s rights to exercise some agency in their own lives. This article responds by drawing on the author’s research in four spatially diverse...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Early childhood curricula are designed to provide young children with a range of experiences and interactions in order to grow their knowledge, skills, and dispositions for learning. New Zealand...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Children’s interests are an important basis for creating an early childhood curriculum. However, opportunities to build a curriculum responsive to children’s interests may often be missed if busy...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Leading from a distance presents unique challenges, particularly with regards to building leadership capacity. This article draws from a small research project that explored the role of the...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Social–emotional skills provide a critical foundation for learning and wellbeing in early childhood and beyond. In this article we present specific teaching strategies that teachers can implement...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: 
ECF2017_2_021.pdf | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Young children’s increased engagement with technology and “screen time” has created growing concern about children’s opportunities for connecting with nature. This article draws on data from three...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Data and the use of data for teaching and learning can be a powerful tool. However, data can also be overwhelming or underused if teachers and leaders do not have adequate systems, supports, or...
| Year published: 2020 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article The early learning action plan 2019–2029, He Taonga te Tamaiti / Every Child a Taonga, ushers in a new era of thinking about the governance of early childhood education (ECE). The policy language has...
| Year published: 2020 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Mathematical learning is an integral part of early childhood education (ECE). In Aotearoa New Zealand there is a range of valuable curriculum resources including Te Kākano, a “living, evolving”...
| Year published: 2020 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article