One ring to rule them all? Locating discourse in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education curriculum

F Westbrook, J White - Policy Futures in Education, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Early childhood scholars in New Zealand have long lamented a rising dominance of
neoliberalism. Correspondingly they suggest that there has been a lessening of socialist …

Philosophical inquiry examining the impact of early years learning environments on children's gender identity development.

E Carney - 2024 - era.ed.ac.uk
This philosophical inquiry explores the impact of early years learning environments on
children's gender identity development. This is a topical issue as there are current debates …

Senior leaders' approaches to transition to primary school: A discourse analysis

K Souness - 2022 - researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz
For most children in New Zealand, starting school is a significant life event. The move from
early childhood education (ECE) to primary school has been well documented and …

'Seeing'play through the virtual looking glass: A metaphysical laboratory for de-framing and re-framing play for ECE

R Novak - 2021 - researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz
In this thesis I address the ambiguous nature of play by interrogating alternative ways of
'seeing'play beyond what I assert to be its contemporary Enframed state. I argue that to gain …