Nga Hurihanga Ako Kohungahunga: Transformative teaching practices in early childhood education, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (August 6, 2013) © 2014

  • Anne Grey
  • Beverley Clark
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Title overview

Ngā Hurihanga Ako Kōhungahunga - Transformative teaching practices in early childhood education introduces current innovations in early childhood education teaching practice in New Zealand and discusses various aspects of pedagogical practice in ways designed to both stimulate and inform the student of early childhood education.

Inherently complex and involving many facets shaped by context, pedagogical practice in early childhood education is always evolving and subjective in nature. With this text the editors aim to engage the teacher/learner in recognising and responding to the complexity of good pedagogical practice, informing teacher choices about: philosophical approaches; decision making about curriculum; ethical approaches to relationship building; and interactions with children and their families.

Table of contents

  • 1. On becoming a teacher
  • 2. Just do it
  • 3. Langa ngāue: exploring laulōtaha with the perspectives of 'quality' in Tongan early childhood education
  • 4. Relational caregiving: connecting with infants and toddlers
  • 5. Teaching practices to support children's construction of knowledge: working theories in early childhood education
  • 6. Play is choice: the playful teacher
  • 7. Involving parents: what does it imply?
  • 8. Children as teachers and teachers as learners
  • 9. Inclusion - a human right
  • 10. Sustainability and children's inter-relationality with nature
  • 11. Perspectives on leadership in early childhood education

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