Early Childhood Education
Pacific resources
Websites
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- Parents' perspective on early childhood education in New Zealand: Voices from Pacifika families Aotearoa/New Zealand has a reputation for being a world leader in early childhood education. However, research indicates that many early childhood teachers in New Zealand encounter difficulties when working with children and families from diverse backgrounds. In addition, though a plethora of research has been done on early childhood teachers' partnership with parents of multicultural backgrounds, little attention has been given by researchers to Pacifika parents' perspective on early childhood education in New Zealand. This article draws on findings from an interpretative study on three Pacifika families' views about their cultural practice at home and their views about early childhood education in New Zealand. It is believed that investigating parents' views on early childhood education and early childhood services in New Zealand can provide better support for families and children from Pacifika backgrounds.
Books on the shelf
Pacific Educators Speak: Valuing our values by
This book helps non-Pacific educators inform their work with Pacific learners and their families. There are differences in understandings of the values important to many Pacific people between Pacific and non-Pacific heritage educators...This book will be useful for teachers in early childhood, school, and tertiary settings in enacting the action plan for Pacific education, the Pacific education plan and Tapasā. It will help ensure their settings and classrooms are suitable for maximising the learning of their Pacific heritage learners" -- provided by publisher.
Contents
Chapter 1: Education for Pacific heritage learners in New Zealand -- Chapter 2: Belonging -- Chapter 3: Family -- Chapter 4: Love -- Chapter 5: Service -- Chapter 6: Spirituality -- Chapter 7: reciprocal relationships -- Chapter 8: Respect -- Chapter 9: Leadership -- Chapter 10: Inclusion -- Chapter 11: Honouring Pacific values: a compass for educators.
Dewey Number: 371.82 RIMPublication Date: 2022
Āta kitea te pae = Scanning the horizon : perspectives on early childhood education by Dewey Number: 372.210993 ATAPublication Date: 2010- Pasifika early childhood education : final report byDewey Number: 372.21089994 MEAPublication Date: 2003
Videos
- Tapasa Resources A suite of professional learning resources to give life to Tapasā.
Teaching resource books
Sina and the Eel by Dewey Number: 996.14 WATPublication Date: 2016
Wrapping it up by Dewey Number: 996.14 MACPublication Date: 2012
Gospel Day by Dewey Number: 996.23 MACPublication Date: 2016
Toakase's Tapa by Dewey Number: 996.12 MACPublication Date: 2015
Myths and legends of the Pacific by Dewey Number: 398.2099 REEPublication Date: 2000
