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Promoting Social and Emotional Competence Policy and Procedures.
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This policy and accompanying procedures will help us to ensure our curriculum and teaching practice supports the development of children’s social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour in our service.
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OPINION/ANALYSIS — 29 October 2025
After 16 years, the Ministry of Education has finally reviewed the Terms of Reference for its Early Childhood Advisory Committee (ECAC). While this might seem like a step forward, it instead exposes deep-rooted problems within our early childhood education system—problems that have left the sector fragile, divided, and declining in quality.
ECAC itself reflects the Ministry’s ongoing issues with oversight and governance. The way it continues to operate only further undermines the integrity and effectiveness of early childhood education in Aotearoa.
The ECAC review was a closed-shop exercise: only sitting committee members were invited to give feedback on it, thus essentially rewriting the rules that govern their own influence.
There was no public scrutiny, no broad stakeholder input, no fresh perspectives.
And yet, in the words of one Ministry official, ECAC’s role is “in advising on the real-world impacts of policy.”
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We welcome your thoughts and comments on ECAC. Add your reply below. What would a well-functioning, truly representative early childhood advisory committee to the Ministry of Education look like—one equipped with the knowledge, expertise, and diversity needed to provide meaningful, sector-wide advice?
May 12, 2014. Early childhood teacher education providers have been put on notice over English language standards following a new ruling from the Ombudsman. The
The titles, authors and abstracts for papers published in the NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, Volume 15, 2012 are shown below. To read
Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education & Care Postmodern Perspectives by Gunilla Dahlberg, Peter Moss & Alan Pence. This review was first published in the NZJES journal, 34(2), 1999, pp. 368 – 369. Reviewed by Dr Sarah Alexander.
Beyond Quality challenges the discourse of early childhood education and over two decade
“It made me argue more confidently and I can stand by my words”: Beginning teachers’ perspectives about mentoring, goal setting, and leadership during teacher registration.
Caterina Murphy and Jenny Butcher. Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa / NZ Childcare Association.
Full referenceMurphy, Caterina, & Butcher, Jenny (2015). “It
The titles, authors and abstracts for papers published in the NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, Volume 2, 1999 are shown below.
To view any paper, scroll to the end of this page for copies.
Digging Deep: But Who Gets the Pickings When the Researcher Goes Home?
Ann HatherlyAuckland College of Educa
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