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Welcome to the Office of Early Childhood Education
National and public adviser on ECE, the OECE is a sector body representing teachers and all types of licensed services driving safer, higher‑quality education for every child
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- Provides membership support to ECE services, teachers, researchers, and community partners
- Actively contributes to sector analysis, research, and policy development
- Advances evidence-based best practices that prioritise children’s interests and wellbeing
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Teacher Member Posts
Giving Children Choices – Strategies for the Best Outcomes
Giving young children choices and empowering them to make their own decisions will help prepare them for life. The early years are the best time…
Multi-Cultural Activities
Multi-Cultural Activities. Most early childhood education services include bi-cultural elements in their teaching and learning, but with New Zealand becoming an increasingly multicultural country it…
Can Women Understand How Boys Tick?
Should Boys Have a Male Teacher? I don’t believe we as women understand how boys really tick. If boys had a male teacher would this…
Pikler and Gerber Theories in Practice
A close look at how well the theories of Pikler and Gerber can be merged with Te Whariki and the models of infant care and…
Service Provider Member Posts
The Risks of Implicitly Endorsing Third Party Schemes to Parents
Endorsing Third Party Schemes and Products. What happens when parents see flyers / pamphlets and posters displayed in the entrance way of ECE services or…
Annual Holiday Leave Use
Unused holiday leave. We have a teacher who chose to take carry over her leave from last year to this year. Does she need to use…
Lockdown Policy and Procedures
ECE Service Lockdown Policy Template and Procedures. The terror incident in Christchurch in March 2019 prompted many ECE services to review their lockdown procedures, leaving…
Conflicts of Interest
Conflict of Interest. A conflict of interest is when you, someone you are close to, employed by, or are personally friendly with may stand to…
Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles
Children Learning about Same-Sex Families
FULL REFERENCE: Liang, X., Waniganayake, M., & Hadley, F. (2023). Children learning about same-sex families: Perspectives of Chinese parents living in Australia. NZ International Research…
Play and the Professional Early Childhood Teacher: A Personal Reflection
FULL REFERENCE: Stover, S. (2014). Play and the professional early childhood teacher: A personal reflection. NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal. Special Issue: Early Childhood…
Constructing Teacher Identities across Different Learning Paradigms
Abstract: This article discusses one key finding from a qualitative study that investigated the experiences of overseas-born, ethnic minority early childhood pre-service teachers in New…
Contributing to Educational Change as a Teacher-Researcher
Contributing to Educational Change as a Teacher-Researcher. By Loraine Corrie. Published in the NZRECE Journal, Vol. 2, 1999. Abstract Recent world wide educational reform has resulted…
What We Do
The Office of ECE drives high-quality care, learning and teaching for all infants and young children and high-quality working environments for teachers and service providers.
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