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Welcome to the Office of Early Childhood Education
The OECE is a national organisation for the ECE sector and public adviser, championing high-quality education and care 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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Why Would a Qualified Teacher Want to Do Another Course or Higher Degree?
Studying for a higher qualification. By Melanie Wong.
How many times have you thought you really would like to do something more than what you are doing – but people mock your ambition or it just seems too hard to try?
For early childhood teachers the goal is to gain a diploma or degree in early childhood teaching. Further study be
What’s all the Fuss About Playdough?
Playing with playdough is an everyday occurrence at many ECE services, but the humble activity is subject to frequent debate with suggestions that playdough and other food based play ideas are culturally insensitive.
The debate is not new – it is revived every few years and has been around for at least the past 30 years.
One debate was
ICT Digital Technology Use in ECE and Questions
ICT in Early Childhood Education: Questions, Issues and Planning Considerations.
Technology is part of every child’s life and at some point, children are almost certain to want to use and may get hooked on technology – a phone, iPad, or digital camera.
While there are some that would say pre-school years are too early to be introd
Teaching Early Years Mathematics, Science and ICT
Teaching Early Years Mathematics, Science and ICT by Geoff Hilton Annette Hilton, Shelley Dole and Chris Campbell.
Teachers, here is a helpful book jam-packed with ideas for teaching early years mathematics, science and ICT to children aged about 4 to 8 years.
It shows how you can integrate information and computer technology into
Service Provider Member Posts
Interview Questions for Teaching Job Applicants
This article goes over the broad areas to cover when interviewing an applicant and questions interviewers have found work.
When interviewing for a teaching position try to cover at least the following broad areas:
Prior work experience and reasons for any gaps in the applicant’s work record.Qualifications, when, where, how, areas of
Non-Contact Time Needs and Your Entitlement
Early Childhood Teacher Non-Contact Time.
At centres and home-based services, teachers or educators have a wide range of responsibilities in their roles and finding time to do everything can especially be a challenge depending on things like the number of other teachers, how many hours your service operates and the demands/ needs of caring of
Separated Parents – Policy on Who Child Can Leave With and Disclosure of Information about a Child
Separated Parents.
It can be tricky being caught between parents, new partners of parents, and lawyers and it’s never easy trying to determine what information if any you can and should share and where the line is between privacy rights and responsibilities and duties as a parent.
This article discusses key issues that have a
Mentoring New People to Come onto the Committee
Mentoring new people.
Are you finding that you have to twist the arm of an unwilling parent or person to be on the board or committee?
Here are some tips so you never have to do this again.
Most organisations, early childhood services included, wait until the president or chair, secretary, treasurer and other members announce individuall
Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles
Index for the NZ Research in ECE Journal, 2003, Vol 6
The titles, authors and abstracts for papers published in the NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, Volume 6, 2003 are shown below.
To view any paper, scroll to the end of this page for copies.
The Growth of an Early Childhood Research Culture: Implications for Future Directions in Early Childhood Research
Joy Cu
STEM in Early Childhood Education: Using the Inquiry approach to Scaffold Learning
Research on why and how to start STEM in early childhood education, with hands-on learning and using an inquiry approach. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
Beyond Partnerships with Parents in ECE: A Legacy of Adult Experiential Learning in Playcentres
Research on adult learning in ECE settings and outcomes for parents of being involved. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
Satisfaction with Autism NZ’s early support programme, EarlySteps
Reporting on a practitioner-led evaluation of an autism specific NZ early support (formerly known as ‘early intervention) programme, the findings, and recommendations. Login to view the full article. Or you can order a pdf copy of the article, go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
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