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Transition Portfolios. Authors: Carol Hartley, Pat Rogers, Jemma Smith, and Daniel Lovatt
This article draws on ongoing research by the teaching team at Mangere Bridge Kindergarten that investigates the role of a transition portfolio for children making the transition to primary school.
Te Whāriki: Child-centred and learning- oriented, challenging us all to be our best possible selves and to make the difference that children are entitled to. Author: Lorraine Sands
Asking direct questions can be confronting, but despite this risk, I do want to set the scene for thoughtful inquiry about how we all might continually stretch our learning and...
Culture, language and identity: Children’s stories woven with teacher’s stories in a bi/multicultural curriculum. Author: Michaela Enache
Culture, language and identity are key concepts in the newly revised Te Whāriki - the sociocultural early curriculum. In an increasingly globalised world, it becomes imperative for teachers to honour...
Red and Orange Horses, Do They Matter. Author: Wendy Lee
As a cultural event approaches, such as Mothers or Fathers Day, Christmas or Easter, may educators and teachers in early childhood settings give children templates or outlines to colour in so that they have something 'good' to present to their...
Learning Stories: Documentation with the power to transform. Author: Wendy Lee
My teaching career began in the 1970s in a New Zealand kindergarten. There were 120 children on a roll, plus a group of five profoundly deaf children.
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Internal Evaluation: Questioning our practice through thoughtful investigation. Author: Lorraine Sands
The journey needs a vehicle, a way of taking this thoughtful gaze and giving it a focussed context. Inquiry Research helps us do this. When teams set a reflective question...