"The value is enormous - it's priceless I think!" New Zealand preschool teachers' understandings of the early childhood curriculum in New Zealand - a comparative perspective / Marit Alvestad and Judith Duncan. [citation] :
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ArticlePublication details: [Dublin, Ireland : OMEP Publications], 2006Subject(s): Early childhood education -- New Zealand | Early childhood education -- Curricula | Early childhood education -- Government policy -- New Zealand | Early childhood educators
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International Journal of Early Childhood Vol. 38, no. 1 (2006), p. 31-45Abstract: This article examines a group of New Zealand preschool teachers' perspectives on their early childhood curriculum--"Te Whariki: He Whariki Maatauranga mo ngaa Mokopuna o Aotearoa" (Ministry of Education, 1996). In this discussion we focus on the teachers' understandings of the meaning, value and focus of this curriculum document. This is part of a small-scale qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with eight and nine preschool teachers undertaken in each of three countries--Norway, Sweden and New Zealand (during 1999-2002). We conclude this article with a comparative discussion of some of the similarities and differences between the three countries.
This article examines a group of New Zealand preschool teachers' perspectives on their early childhood curriculum--"Te Whariki: He Whariki Maatauranga mo ngaa Mokopuna o Aotearoa" (Ministry of Education, 1996). In this discussion we focus on the teachers' understandings of the meaning, value and focus of this curriculum document. This is part of a small-scale qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with eight and nine preschool teachers undertaken in each of three countries--Norway, Sweden and New Zealand (during 1999-2002). We conclude this article with a comparative discussion of some of the similarities and differences between the three countries.
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