Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand History, Pedagogy, and Liberation
, by Ritchie, Jenny; Rau, Cheryl; Skerrett, Mere- ISBN: 9781137394415 | 1137394412
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/9/2013
Since 1996 Aotearoa New Zealand has had a national early childhood curriculum, Te WhÄriki, which validates the language and culture of the Indigenous MÄori. This book provides two lenses into the history of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, with a particular focus on MÄori children and their families, In elucidating the specific context of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which the recent policy context has operated in an attempt to effect inclusion or exclusion of MÄori epistemologies and pedagogies within both MÄori initiatives such as Te KÅhanga Reo (a MÄori immersion whÄnau/family development movement), as well as 'whitestream' institutions, this book offers insight into struggles to provide culturally equitable provision to Indigenous young children.