The growth of relational, participatory, collaborative and emergent research approaches in recent years has brought new ethical challenges for with children youth. These require greater consideration the specific social cultural contexts research, along emphasis on researcher–participant relationships that often occur over sustained periods time. Very few tools are available to help researchers think through everyday dilemmas such can raise. In this article, we review theoretical...

THIS RESEARCH SEEKS TO EXPLORE how early childhood professionals support children's scientific learning from the practitioner's perspective. Taking a qualitative approach, this case study indicates possible ways effective team teaching can child's as well other members' and development. While conferring with past research on importance of teachers having adequate subject knowledge, suggests should also be in relation to community which setting is located. It calls into question teachers'...

Involving children and young people in educational research has been foundational developing understanding theories of learning, child development. Attempts to identify children's perspectives on policies practices that directly affect them settings have resulted an increase the involvement inform research. This means are interviewed by researchers about matters interest their agenda, raise questions around experiences benefits from such participation. article explores with a specific focus...

Early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand includes different philosophical perspectives, may be part of the public or private sector and aims to inclusive holistic. The early curriculum, Te Whāriki, supports these aims. Aspects curriculum that are holistic conceptualized diverse ways this qualitative research focused on spiritual. Case studies were constructed three settings — a Montessori casa, preschool Rudolf Steiner kindergarten. This article concerns one discusses first day back...

There is substantial research about international postgraduate students but little their experiences as parents or children's experiences. We focus on four with young children navigating early childhood education and care in New Zealand. A narrative analysis, informed by socio-cultural understandings of learning post-structuralist identity, revealed emotional complexities, stress transformation made many transitions. Parents wanted own culture respected host decoded. Families experienced...

Inclusive education has been introduced through a number of policy developments in Malaysia over the last 10 years but there is little research investigating extent and nature inclusive for preschoolers with special educational needs (SEN). This study surveyed both regular teachers Malaysian integrated preschools asking them about level inclusion taking place their perceptions beliefs inclusion. There was evidence practices place. Both educators agreed that SEN should be educated alongside...

This article explores the ethical complexities of involving children in research contexts their families, schools and communities. We argue for an approach that is dynamic, reflexive, responsive informed by understanding how local cultures impact on shape negotiations practices around issues processes. use different sociocultural lenses to analyse processes at beginning a project which explored children's informal everyday learning. The contributes debates about with through foregrounding...

This article draws on data from research how early childhood centres in Aotearoa New Zealand are responding to diversity. The historical and contemporary contexts which shaping possible responses diversity discussed. Two case studies of a parent-led teacher-led centre presented. It is argued that it important be more specific both about the discussion occurs what particular meant by need consider constitutive effects teachers' parents' biographies within these also

Although informal learning is part of everyday life it only recently that attempts have been made to more fully conceptualise its nature. This paper explores young children’s conceptions their and outside school within the Aotearoa New Zealand context. Phenomenography used systematically analyse variation categories descriptions in learning. From in-depth interviews with 36 nine-year-old children about learning, five description are identified, ranging from least most sophisticated. Six...

The processes of gaining consent for educational and social research with children young people have become increasingly complex. A variety influences contribute to this complexity. In paper, we use post-structural concepts focus on the influence three co-existing interweaving perspectives: protectionist, participatory post-structural. Each these foregrounds different issues in process involving or people. We argue need be cognisant interplay between perspectives, what is effected by each....

Recent education policy analysis has revealed the standardisation of systems and an intensified focus on learners learning to meet requirements global economy neo-liberalism. In this paper we analyse way that early childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand become increasingly entangled with school sector priorities international discourses lifelong as it encountered these requirements. We trace shift from explict rejecting countering pedagogy promoting increasing continuity priorities. draw...

Abstract Previous theoretical frameworks used to research and explain creative design processes tend privilege individual expression not address the context in which process occurs. This is problematic due ways activities are embedded shaped by socio‐cultural historic contexts. In this article we focus on cultural activity theory (CHAT) its analytical systems can be reveal context. We draw tools concepts of CHAT data from a study visual communication (VCD) students lecturers situated within...

Recent policy developments in the early childhood (EC) care and education sector Aotearoa-New Zealand have seen a shift focus from children play to learners learning. While few would argue against learning as priority this article raises pressing questions about ‘intended’ ‘(un)intended’ consequences of turn. We analyse national reforms that served promote construction child-as-learner-subject, alongside moves internationally toward learnerfication EC services (Biesta, 2010). As particular...

Truancy is a long-standing and serious educational issue. The debates surrounding truancy are complex as the concept of means different things to researchers. Data from grounded theory, qualitative doctoral study used investigate how sample thirteen young people explained nature truancy, which they referred wagging. Findings in this show that, according who wag, there four dimensions when define wagging: wagging response perceived disrespect class; be with friends; time alone habit. On basis...