Table of Contents “...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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Table of Contents “...What can the international literacy community learn from the New Zealand experience with reading? /...”

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Table of Contents “...Developments in School Surveillance; Part IV: Positive directions: Restorative justice and alternatives to punishment; Concluding ThoughtsReferences; Part I: International Trends in School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control; 2: School Surveillance, Control, and Resistance in the United Kingdom; UK Schools in a Neoliberal Context; A Politics of Emergency; Audit Culture; New Surveillance Technologies; Policing Student and Teacher Bodies: Biopower and Exclusion in UK Schools; Biometrics; Academies; Marketisation and Exclusion; Strict Disciplinary Approaches: Taming the "Deprived"; Zero Tolerance and Permanent Exclusion; Excluding Disabled, Raced, Gendered, and Classed Bodies; Resistance to Zero Tolerance: Restorative, Empowering, and Collaborative Practices as Alternative Approaches to Discipline and Behaviour Management in Schools"Prevent": Counter-Terrorism Measures in UK Schools; Fundamental British Values; Conclusion; Resistance; Power Finds Its Level; References; 3: Trends in School Social Control in the United States: Explaining Patterns of Decriminalization; Nature and Scope of Reforms; Explanations of Reform; Obstacles and Prospects; Conclusion; References; 4: Educating for War: Militarization and the Manufacturing of Consent Through Public Schooling; Neoliberalism and MilitarizationMilitarized Education Policies; Resisting Militarized Education Policies; Militarized Education Programs; DoD STARBASE and STARBASE 2.0; Militarized Security Programs; Resisting Militarized Education Programs; Militarized Education Institutions; Resisting Militarized Education Institutions; Conclusion; References; 5: School Discipline and Surveillance: Developments in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand; A Socio-historical Perspective on Education in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand; School Discipline: Zero Tolerance and Exclusion; The Anatomy of the Surveillance School in Australia and Aotearoa/New ZealandConclusion; References; 6: Legal Approaches to Social Control in Australian Schools: Old Ideas and New Trends; Traditional Discipline Measures and Procedures; Statutory Provisions for School Exclusion; Surveillance Technology, School Safety, and Control; The Right to Privacy?...”
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Table of Contents “...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. ...”

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Table of Contents “...Part B Indigenizing "Whitestream" Early Childhood Care and Education Practice in Aotearoa4 Contextual Explorations of Maori within "Whitestream" Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand; Introduction; Promises, promises: Te Tiriti and Te Whariki as ethical visions; Settler assumption of sovereignty; Progressive traditions; "Flax-roots" early childhood education and care services; Maori pre-schools; Chance to be equal; Repositioning te Ao Maori as central to education; New right enmeshment with liberal social policies; Note; References....”
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Table of Contents “...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. ...”

Table of Contents “...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. ...”