Sumário “...Trevor Mallard -- The "playground" of early childhood policy : social and political change versus social and political order / Helen May -- Focus on practice in early childhood programmes : visual art education / Alex Gunn -- Numeracy in early childhood / Sally Peters -- Parental involvement in children's learning : auai o matua i a'oa'oga a tamaiti / Le'autuli'ilagi Sauvao -- Transition to early childhood education : how teachers make a difference / Carmen Dalli -- In our pockets and in our workplaces / Janette Kelly -- / A line in the sand : implementation of government policies on qualifications and training / Clare Wells -- Professional standards in early childhood / Jill Tyler -- Time for a new direction : fundng and regulations in early childhood education / Linda Mitchell -- NZEI Te Riu Roa policy on Pacific education in Aotearoa, New Zealand / Caroline Mareko and Marion Norton -- Special education : a way forward for early childhood / Karen Whibley -- Teacher registration and the professional development continuum / Margaret Whitford -- Future directions / Clare Wells -- Pay parity for early childhood teachers / Janette Kelly -- Closing the gaps workshop, July 2000 / Laures Park and Olive Hawira -- Childcare, families and work : compatibility and tension for mothers in employment with children's early childhood education / Heather MacDonald -- Council of Trade Unions (CTU) economic policy / Peter Conway -- A new debate about children and childhood. ...”

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Sumário “...Robinson -- Values, policy and practice in the education of Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Keith Sullivan -- An analysis of the effect of recent national policy changes on values and education in South Africa / Elza Venter, Karin Franzsen and Elna van Heerden -- Diversity, values and national policy in Australia / Lorraine M. ...”

Sumário “...Vadeboncoeur -- 3.Family capital, child's personal agency, and the academic achievement of Chinese migrant children / Qlaobing Wu -- 4.A psychometric view of sociocultural factors in test validity: The development of standardized test materials for Maori-medium schools in New Zealand/Aotearoa / John A. C. Hattie -- pt. 3 Institutional plane -- 5.Classroom chronotopes privileged by contemporary educational policy: Teaching and learning in testing times / Peter D. ...”

Sumário “...Hitting the wall : early childhood education in the primary and tertiary sectors : an Australian case study -- Choosing childcare for infants : social, cultural, and demographic influences and outcomes -- Empowering children to learn and grow : Te whariki : The New Zealand early childhood national curriculum -- Landscapes of intimacy, sensuality, and care in early childhood settings -- The social policy context of day care in four Canadian provinces -- Empowerment and entrapment : women workers in home-based and center-based settings -- Exploring parental involvement in Canada : an ideological maze -- Immigrant families in early childhood centers : diverse expectations -- The professional landscape. ...”

Sumário “...: 1980s education reform in New Zealand and England and Wales / Roger Dale and Jenny Ozga -- Education and social justice in the Postmodern age / Lindsay Fitzclarence and Jane Kenway -- Inequality and educational reform : lessons from the Disadvantaged Schools Project / Ken Johnston -- Multiculturalism, social justice and the restructuring of the Australian state / Fazal Rizvi -- Policy and the politics of representation : Torres Strait Islanders and Aborigines at the margins / Allan Luke, Martin Nakata, M. ...”

Sumário “...Misplacing the teacher? New Zealand early childhood teachers and early childhood education policy reforms, 1984-96 /...”
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Sumário “...Nothing objectionable or controversial" : the image of Maori ethnicity and "difference" in New Zealand social studies /...”

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