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The Ethics of Doing, Writing and Disseminating Research.
By Joy Cullen, Helen Hedges and Jane Bone. Republished by the Office of Early Childhood Education First Published in our NZ Research in ECE Journal, Volume 12, pp. 109-118.
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Early Childhood Care and Education Policy: Ireland Country Note.
Deirdre Horgan, Shirley Martin, Maura Cunneen and Marcella Towler. University College Cork, Ireland.
Full Reference: Horgan, D., Martin, S., Cunneen, M., & Towler M. (2014). Early childhood care and education policy: Ireland country note. New Zealand Research in Ear
What can you do to celebrate Guy Fawkes at your early childhood centre or home? Today the history of Guy Fawkes is often forgotten about and it is simply viewed as fire-works time. With very young children, sparklers are popular. Safety is however a concern with sparklers and any fireworks.
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Traditionally the 5th of Nov
What is Action Research?
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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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This paper extends the current literature on social emotional development in the early years by providing an understanding of how young children comprehend and talk about everyday challenging situations and the way they cope with these. The paper also provides examples of how visual images in the form of Early Years Coping Cards may be used by the
Early childhood education: Fracture lines of social context and neural development.
John A. Clark. Massey University, NZ.
Full reference: Clark, J.A. (2015). Early childhood education: Fracture lines of social context and neural development. NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 18, 80 – 86.
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