Exploring parent choice, children’s time with family, and the impacts of long Early Childhood Education participation on early development.
Is More Intensive Participation in ECE Better for Children? What the Research Says. The methodologically soundest/best research over the past 20 years on the effects of participation
Free childcare or charging a fee. By Sarah Alexander. A ground-breaking study, published in January 2000, on providing free childcare or charging a fee
Parents are not amateurs when it comes to their own children; they hold deep, long-term knowledge built from daily life, shared experiences, and emotional connection. While teachers play an important role, research shows that parents’ insight and involvement have a far greater influence on children’s learning and development.
Sessional ECE. By Sarah Alexander. November 10, 2014. Someday, part-day early childhood education services in NZ are likely to become akin to the moa and
Government initiatives promoting participation in early childhood education. April 9, 2014. Promoting participation in early childhood education has been a major policy platform under Labour
Parents overseas are being offered a financial choice to either stay home or use early childhood education, a policy framed as expanding fairness and and choice. Why other governments should back this shift in funding from the service to parents is explored in the full article.
Children living in poverty. Report by Reg Ponniah. November 14, 2012. More than 200,000 New Zealand children are suffering from lack of sufficient food, warm
The Value of Caregiving. Making Choices: Contradictions and Commonalities in the Valuing of Caring and Working by Government Policy and First Time Mothers. By Ella
Who Cares for Baby? Women’s Preferences. A research paper. What are women’s preferences for the care of their infant? And how are their decisions for
The report offers evidence‑based recommendations to strengthen ECE for infants and toddlers, covering funding settings, flexible provision, child health, ratios and group-size, qualified and skilled workforce, teacher education, and everyday care practices.
A Dad’s View on Early Childhood Education. By Scott Lancaster. July 14, 2011. As not only a parent but also as someone who works from
A Mother’s View on the Push to Use Early Learning Centres. By Michelle Rush. 2011, Wellington. A reality I am seeing that worries me, is
At the 2011 forum we focused on early childhood education and care policy, and in particular on children’s rights and best interests. The Forum was held
Held at the National Library of NZ, Wellington, 2008. A full copy of the Proceedings of the Future for Children Forum, 2008. A copy of
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