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Rarely do early childhood teacher education texts contain guidance on appropriate teacher dress and physical appearance. One exception is Maria Montessori who wrote that the teacher of young children: “must be attractive, pleasing in appearance, tidy and clean, calm and dignified. These are ideals that each can realise in her own way. The
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“Our male teacher is not what we expected when we employed him. Can we fire him?
“He provides nothing particularly male that is different to our female staff. He’s not interested in doing carpentry and construction with the children. His interests are in music, creative play and cooking. He said he wasn’t interested in doing any main
Tweaks to FamilyBoost that will put more money back into the pockets of families with infants and young children in early childhood education will certainly be good news for many parents amid the cost of living crisis.
But the changes to the scheme announced today fail to address some of the problems that have prevented uptake – such ECE service providers failing to provide parents with compliant invoices.
The changes also seem to favour higher income families, who can afford higher fee-charging services, the Office of Early Childhood Education’s chief advisor, Dr Sarah Alexander, says.
ANALYSIS/OPINION – July 3, 2012.
The Ministry of Education has operated an Early Childhood Advisory Committee (ECAC), with membership granted solely by invitation from the Ministry’s Chief Executive.
Until recently, ECAC meetings were held in a largely secretive manner—reporters and others from the early childhood sector were excluded, and minutes and reports were not publicly accessible.
Now, the Ministry has promised that starting with its June 2012 ECAC meeting, agendas, minutes, and papers will be made available online via its website.
This shift raises broader questions about the continued relevance of ECAC and the Ministry’s longstanding reliance on a handpicked group of people/organisations to represent the entire early childhood education (ECE) sector.
This submission responds to the Committee’s invitation to provide views on whether regulatory functions for early childhood education (ECE) should remain within the Ministry of Education or be transferred to a Director of Regulation located in the Education Review Office (ERO). It sets out the Office of Early Childhood Education’s (OECE) assessment of the proposal, the evidence base underpinning it, and the likely implications for the ECE system.
Parents’ Choices of Child Care in Australia.
Wendy Boyd. Southern Cross University, Australia.
Full Reference: Boyd, W. (2014). Parents’ choices of child care in Australia. NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal. Special Issue: Early Childhood Policy, 17, 51 – 70.
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