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Experiencing joy as an early childhood teacher or educator
2024 NZIRECE Journal

On a Joyful Note: The Practice of Attending to Joy for Educator Wellbeing

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Do early childhood educators experience joy in their work with young children? Is early childhood education a joyful profession or is joy all but lost?

These questions have guided a recent study and the findings are reported here.

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How-to-do Research

An Ethical Guide to Doing, Writing and Disseminating Research

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.

This statement is intended to guide academic researchers, teachers, postgraduate students, managers, licensees

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Thesis Library and Choosing a Supervisor

Doctoral Thesis Directory

This is a Ph.D. and Ed.D. Education Doctoral Thesis Directory.

The Education Doctoral Thesis Directory shows theses completed in NZ, or through a NZ tertiary education institution, that are relevant to young children’s care, health, and education. 

An education masters thesis directory is also available if you would like to search for

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Thesis Library and Choosing a Supervisor

Masters Thesis Directory

This is an education masters thesis directory. It shows NZ masters theses on research, policy analysis and/ or theory relevant to young children’s care, health, and teaching and leaning. The education masters thesis directory includes M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil, M, Health Science theses.

An education doctoral thesis directory is also available if yo

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How-to-do Research

Designing An Early Childhood Study and Starting It!

Designing Your Study and How to Get Started

Here are articles we think will help advise you best on designing early childhood research and support you with helpful tips through any tough times.

Start by checking out all the published articles in the NZ-International Research in Early Childhood Education Journal on this website (over 25 years

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Thesis Library and Choosing a Supervisor

Thesis Supervisor – How to Choose Good Supervisors for Your Study

Thesis Supervisor – How to Choose Good Research Supervisors

If you want to develop skills as a researcher, have credibility in the workforce as a researcher, and contribute to the knowledge base in your area of interest then doing a thesis with academic supervision and support is the way to go.

When undertaking a thesis for a Doctorate or a

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