Early childhood education in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Subtitle: history, pedagogy, and liberation
By: Jenny Ritchie and Mere Skerrett
Contributors: Skerrett, M. (Mere), author
Edition: First edition.
Series: Critical cultural studies of childhood; Palgrave pivot; Critical cultural studies of childhood; Palgrave pivot
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9781137394415; 9781137375803; 9781137375797
Subjects: Early childhood education
Description: Taking as a starting point the work of Aotearoa New Zealand to provide an education system that includes curriculum, pedagogy, and language from indigenous Māori culture, this book investigates the ensuing practices, policies, and dilemmas that have arisen and provides a wealth of data on how truly culturally inclusive education might look.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dismantling colonial myths : centralising Māori language in education / Mere Skerrett; title: Policy and inhibiters of bicultural/bilingual advancement / Mere Skerrett; title: Crown breaches, neoliberal reforms, and radical pedagogy / Mere Skerrett; title: Contextual explorations of Māori within "whitestream" early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand / Jenny Ritchie; title: Post-te whāriki early childhood care and education policy and practice in "whitestream" early childhood care and education in Aotearoa / Jenny Ritchie; title: Counter-colonial pedagogy of affect in early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand / Jenny Ritchie.