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Supporting Teaching and Learning in Home-Based Early Childhood Education
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Schaughency, Elizabeth; Reese, Elaine; Healey, Dione; Carroll, Jane; Cross, Tracy; Johnson, Jan; Fagan, Heather; Burrowes, Rachael – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2019
This project partnered researchers, Visiting Teachers, and three networks of home-based educators to engage with three research-informed professional learning modules designed to support educator practice and enhance children's learning. Each module focused on one aspect of developing competencies related to success in beginning schooling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Preschool Children
How Do New Zealand Teachers Assess Children's Oral Language and Literacy Skills at School Entry?
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Cameron, Tracy A.; Carroll, Jane L. D.; Taumoepeau, Mele; Schaughency, Elizabeth – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2019
Teachers of year 0/1 students in English-medium schools in New Zealand (1896 schools) were invited to participate in a survey focussed on assessment of new entrant children's oral language and emergent literacy skills, with an estimated 21% response rate (N = 745). Teachers indicated using a variety of methods for assessing children's skills at…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers, Young Children, Oral Language
Enhancing the Learning of Technology in Early Childhood Settings
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Fox-Turnbull, Wendy – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
This article describes a study of early childhood teachers' understanding of teaching and learning in children 4 and 5 years of age in technology education. The research aimed at assisting teachers' understanding of learning in technology using a developed framework. This study investigated the development of dispositions and attitudes including…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Young Children, Child Development
A Comparative Study of Immigrant Children Starting Childcare
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Guo, Karen – Exceptionality Education International, 2017
This comparative study investigated the experiences of starting childcare of three immigrant children in three different learning environments in New Zealand. The notion of learning environment was explored as a way of thinking about how different people, places, and approaches to learning have interacted to create a particular site for the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Immigrants, Educational Environment, Observation
A Comparison of the Motivations of Pre-Degree and Degree Education Students for Becoming Teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Hogan, Vivienne; Reid, Lynette; Furbish, Dale – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
In New Zealand the Ministry of Education is committed to attracting and retaining "high quality individuals" to the teaching profession who represent the diverse cultural and socio-economic communities in the country. One way to achieve this has been through the provision of multiple pathways into initial teacher education (ITE). Such…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Teacher Education Programs, Questionnaires, Focus Groups
Joining In: Teachers and Parents. A Study of the Mainstreaming of Children with Educational Handicaps into Kindergartens and Playcentres. Studies in Education, No. 46.
McDonald, Geraldine – 1987
This booklet explains the aims and practices of teachers of mainstreamed children with disabilities in 39 New Zealand preschools. Using data obtained from interviews, the report tells how these teachers saw their role, how they planned their programs, and how they organized activities for the children. It also describes their attitudes to, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming