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"Kia whakatomuri te haere whakamua": "I Walk Backwards into the Future with My Eyes Fixed on My Past"
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Rameka, Lesley – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2016
This "whakatauki" or "proverb" speaks to Maori perspectives of time, where the past, the present and the future are viewed as intertwined, and life as a continuous cosmic process. Within this continuous cosmic movement, time has no restrictions--it is both past and present. The past is central to and shapes both present and…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Ethnic Groups, Criticism, Early Childhood Education
The Relations among Maternal Depressive Disorder, Maternal Expressed Emotion, and Toddler Behavior Problems and Attachment
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Gravener, Julie A.; Rogosch, Fred A.; Oshri, Assaf; Narayan, Angela J.; Cicchetti, Dante; Toth, Sheree L. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
Direct and indirect relations among maternal depression, maternal Expressed Emotion (EE: Self- and Child-Criticism), child internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and child attachment were examined. Participants were mothers with depression (n = 130) and comparison mothers (n = 68) and their toddlers (M age = 20 mo.; 53% male). Assessments…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Mothers, Criticism
From the Curriculum Framework to Its Dissemination: The Accompaniment of Educational Practices in Care Facilities for Children under Three Years
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Pirard, Florence – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
This article addresses the accompaniment of early childhood professionals in the French Community of Belgium, during the implementation of new curricular frameworks for children under three years of age. It provides a critical analysis of the risks of standardisation arising from the development of quality tools, when such tools are not…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Criticism, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Education, Language and Professionalism: Issues in the Professional Development of Early Years Practitioners in Germany
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Fried, Lilian – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2009
In the Federal Republic of Germany, many efforts are currently under way to improve the quality of early childhood education. One starting point is the quality of the professional training of early childhood practitioners. However, discussions mainly refer to input factors, such as the training curricula or the formal level of training. Output…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Training, Criticism, Young Children