Researching Pedagogies for Sustainability in Australian Bush Kinder

Research on sustainability and children spending more time in natural settings and Bush Kindergarten. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.

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The Production of ‘Worthwhile’ Knowledge about Quality in Early Years Education

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How to do Action-Based Research or an Inquiry, and Writing Your Report

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Action research is defined in the glossary as:

A hands-on approach to research for change in a setting and/or to one’s own practices, thinking and knowledge. Action research can be a collaborative endeavour or carried out by an individual.

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Cleaning Teacher duty early childhood education centre

Questions over why ECE teachers were cleaning a fridge, which led to a “gas leak”

OPINION/ANALYSIS – October 2, 2025

A gas leak from a fridge at an Auckland early childhood centre resulted in three teachers being taken to hospital.

The incident, which occurred on October 14, 2024 at an Auckland early childhood centre, was widely reported by mainstream media at the time.

But how it happened has never been publicly revealed until now.

This article looks at what happened, the Ministry of Education and Worksafe findings, and questions why teachers were cleaning a fridge, adult-child ratios, and what training the teachers had been given on fridge cleaning to prevent such an incident.

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