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Research as a Learning Journey. By Michael Gaffney. Published in NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 2002, Vol. 5, pp. 1-11
Beginning the Journey
This paper uses journey as a metaphor, and to a lesser extent problem solving, to provide a framework for understanding the activity that more early childhood practitioners are
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April 18, 2016. By Arwen Hann. As Anzac Day approaches, early childhood education services around New Zealand are being encouraged to take on the potentially
January 13, 2013. Consultation on the review was to have started already, but the Ministry of Education sent a letter to home-based services last month
This is a story of an early childhood centre breaching 17 regulation requirements – Country Kindy, Minister Seymour, the Early Childhood Council (ECC), and what happened next.
In its newsletter on 1 May 2025, the ECC claimed I had withdrawn comments/ the opinion piece on Country Kindy.
I’m not sure where Simon Laube or the ECC got this idea from? Perhaps I should ask Mr Laube out for coffee? Or I wonder, should I take what he has said as defamatory and ask him to publicly retract his statement and tell his membership he got it wrong?
Sexism in Early Childhood Education. By Sarah Alexander, Lance Cablk, Adam Buckingham, David Butler and Russell Ballantyne. Published in 2006. Wellington. This report provides a
Are Kindergartens Willing to Let Other ECEs Have Same Funding and Pay Parity? July 1, 2022. Click on the video play button Share the video
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