Recent policy initiatives in New Zealand have prioritised increasing participation in early
childhood education (ECE) settings; yet cumulative reports have outlined concerns for the …

(Learning Media, 1996)(Te Whāriki, 1996), Meade (2000) noted that the curriculum and EC
discourse positioned teachers as passive in children's learning and argued that this …

ABSTRACT Australian Early Childhood teachers face unprecedented times in the sector's
history as they come to terms with the introduction of multiple policies for quality standards …

CONTRIBUTING TO RECENT RESEARCH findings and discussion about educators'
multiple understandings and enactments of intentional teaching, this paper sheds light on …

Despite large‐scale studies demonstrating the benefits of teacher interaction to support
young children's learning, intentional teaching (IT) in early childhood education (ECE) …

This book is about the theory and processes that inform daily practice with young children in
early childhood education and care settings. It offers a clear overview of the historical …

Historical accounts of the development of early childhood education (ECE) in Australia up to
the passing of Child Care Act in 1972 (Brennan, 1998; Wong, 2006) show that parents' role …

This paper provides emerging evidence on the quality of 'adult engagement'experienced by
three and four year old children in a range of early education and care settings in the UK …

Early education benefits all children, and can be transformative for the children with the
greatest challenges. But not all children in Australia experience a high quality early …

Pedagogy is an encompassing term concerned with what a teacher does to influence
learning in others. As the importance of high quality early childhood education and care …