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| Carr, Margaret | 6 |
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Peer reviewedMay, Helen; Carr, Margaret – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1997
Describes the implementation of Te Whaariki, the New Zealand National Early Childhood Curriculum. Found that general support for the curriculum is high but that current regulations and funding make it difficult for centers to meet the quality expectations. Several training institutions have begun using Te Whaariki as a framework, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Preschool Curriculum
Peer reviewedCarr, Margaret; May, Helen – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1994
Describes development of New Zealand's national early childhood curriculum guidelines, called by the Maori phrase for "woven mat." Examines the government's changing role in early childhood education, the curriculum development process, and sources and principles of the curriculum. Details the curriculum's specific aims for children.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
Download full textCarr, Margaret; May, Helen; Podmore, Valerie N. – 2000
Linked with professional development programs to support the implementation of Te Whariki, the national early childhood curriculum in New Zealand, a project was designed to: (1) construct a framework for assessment and evaluation in early childhood programs in Aotearoe-New Zealand; and (2) use this framework to develop an evaluation process…
Descriptors: Action Research, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedCarr, Margaret; May, Helen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1993
Reflects on the process of developing national curriculum guidelines for early childhood based on New Zealand's experience. Discusses how development involved complex interactions between the nature of early childhood in New Zealand and its history (setting), the opinions, ideas, and practice of current practitioners (consultation), and decisions…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Carr, Margaret; May, Helen; Podmore, Val – 1998
In a climate of increasing concern with educational accountability and quality, it has been important to reappraise the issues of assessment and evaluation in relation to early childhood care and education. This document is comprised of three papers describing approaches to assessment and evaluation used in Te Whariki, a national curriculum…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, National Standards
Peer reviewedMay, Helen; Podmore, Val – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2000
Outlines the policy context of New Zealand early childhood program evaluation and quality. Presents ethnographic research findings on key elements of program quality in relation to New Zealand National Early Childhood Curriculum; findings provide basis for self-evaluation framework through use of Teaching Stories as a focus for reflection and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Peer reviewedCarr, Margaret; May, Helen; Podmore, Valerie N. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2002
Provides an overview of the principles and framework of Te Whaariki, the New Zealand early childhood curriculum, and of subsequent assessment and evaluation research. Presents the framework of "Learning and Teaching Stories," a user-friendly approach to assessment and self-evaluation, used in action research in three regions of New…
Descriptors: Action Research, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
