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Meade, Anne – 1979
This paper discusses the development of research on early childhood education in New Zealand, the people involved in the research, and other general issues concerning early childhood education in New Zealand. Content analysis of the New Zealand Early Childhood Care and Education Bibliography reveals an increase in published materials concerning…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Content Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Educational Researchers
Download full textBates, Richard J. – 1979
The premise of this paper is that the state of educational sociology in New Zealand is uncertain. The following reasons are given: (1) The tradition of sociology is underdeveloped in New Zealand; (2) The community of scholars is scattered and divided; (3) Not enough effort has gone into the development of graduate research and occupational…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Educational Sociology, Foreign Countries
Carpenter, Vicki – 1999
An educational researcher describes and reflects on a qualitative research project she conducted, focusing on her positioning, neutrality, and objectivity throughout the research process and during subsequent data analysis. The research took place in a K-12 school in a remote rural New Zealand community inhabited by Maori, 1970s…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics
Macpherson, R. J. S. – 1986
Policymaking is a subjective, cultural, and intellectually complex activity in a democracy and should be researched with the multidisciplinary approach. This paper focuses on theoretical implications of the multidisciplinary approach and on its opposing position, the structural-functional approach, in educational policy research. The paper briefly…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Wagemaker, H. – 1986
As exemplified by New Zealand, the nature of educational policy research is shaped by political and social factors that impinge upon the research environment. Following a description of the educational system and research funding methods, this paper analyzes three areas that affect policy research in New Zealand and addresses relevant social…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change, Educational Policy
McDonald, Geraldine – 1976
Differing attitudes of researchers and preschool teachers towards research in early childhood are discussed in this paper. These differences are seen as arising from causes such as the special training of each group and the nature of the work they do, the distribution of the sexes in each group and the social institutions which back them. The…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
