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Supporting Early Childhood Teacher Well-Being through the Practice of Mindful Self-Compassion
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O'Hara-Gregan, Justine – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
Internationally, there are growing concerns about the work-related well-being of early childhood teachers. There is currently limited guidance around specific practices teachers can use to support their well-being when challenges arise while teaching. Mindful self-compassion practice, which has elements of mindfulness, common humanity, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Well Being, Metacognition, Altruism
Supporting Teachers' Practice through Professional Learning and Development: What's Happening in New Zealand Early Childhood Education?
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Clarke, Linda; McLaughlin, Tara; Aspden, Karyn; Riley, Tracy – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
Early childhood teachers' professional learning and development (PLD) is a significant factor in the provision of quality early childhood education (ECE), yet gaining a full picture of PLD in the New Zealand ECE context is problematic. Information about government-funded PLD programmes is available through evaluations, however, teachers access PLD…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Understanding How Early Childhood Educators 'See' Learning through Digitally Cast Eyes: Some Preliminary Concepts Concerning the Use of Digital Documentation Platforms
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White, E. Jayne; Rooney, Tonya; Gunn, Alexandra C.; Nuttall, Joce – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
This paper reports from a pilot study investigating the ways digital documentation platforms are changing educators' work in early childhood education. Digital documentation platforms are secure websites or application software, enabled by computer, smartphone, or tablet technologies, allowing educators to record observations of children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Computer Uses in Education, Documentation
The Effects of a Phonological Awareness and Alphabet Knowledge Intervention on Four-Year-Old Children in an Early Childhood Setting
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Rachmani, Rachel – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Phonological awareness (PA) and alphabet knowledge (AK) are two of the strongest predictors of reading acquisition, and evidence shows that many New Zealand children are entering school with low levels of emergent literacy (EL) skills. The current research showed that four-year-old children identified as having low levels of EL, who participated…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Alphabets, Knowledge Level, Intervention
Participatory Approaches to Physical Activity and Dance Research with Early Childhood Teachers
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Gibbons, Andrew; Nikolai, Jennifer – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
This paper engages with multiplicity in methodology through reflections on a dance and risky play research project in a shared problematisation of children's physical activity. A research-practitioner team explored perspectives on physical activity and risky play through dance. This project aimed to distance itself from the idea of an expert other…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Physical Activities, Dance, Dance Education
Teachers' Perspectives of Children's Social Behaviours in Preschool: Does Gender Matter?
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Smith, Jessica; McLaughlin, Tara; Aspden, Karyn – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
The article will explore early childhood teachers' perspectives about social behaviours and gender in young children, in particular the way in which children's gender related to teachers' reports of the prevalence and interpretations of children's social behaviours. The specific social behaviours examined were prosocial behaviours, social…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Teacher Attitudes
Enhancing the Learning of Technology in Early Childhood Settings
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Fox-Turnbull, Wendy – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
This article describes a study of early childhood teachers' understanding of teaching and learning in children 4 and 5 years of age in technology education. The research aimed at assisting teachers' understanding of learning in technology using a developed framework. This study investigated the development of dispositions and attitudes including…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Young Children, Child Development
Bicultural Babies: Implementing Tiriti-Based Curriculum with Infants and Toddlers
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Jenkin, Chris – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
An important essence becoming bicultural and bilingual is for additional languages to be learnt early on. This article is based on an infant and toddler case study within my doctoral research to discover how practitioners with this age group incorporate the bicultural curriculum into their teaching. The methodology was action development which is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Case Studies
Joining the Tots: Visual Research Tools to Connect Families and Community in Early Childhood Education
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Duncan, Judith; One, Sarah Te – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
Over a two-year teacher-researcher project in New Zealand we used a mosaic of research methods (Clark, 2010) to capture the perspectives of staff, parents and children. As a team of teachers and academic researchers, we recorded and documented reconceptualised pedagogical practices that included active adult participation in a cluster of early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Child Care Centers, Child Care
Inclusive Childcare Services: Meeting the Challenge for Indigenous Children
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Sims; Margaret; Saggers, Sherry; Frances, Katie – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
Child care for indigenous children provides an important site for early health and wellbeing interventions, and smooths the transition to school. It is demonstrably protective for children vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Furthermore, employment in child care and/or having access to child care in order to take up other employment provides a…
Descriptors: Employment, Child Care, Foreign Countries, Community Involvement
Negotiating and Creating Intercultural Relations: Chinese Immigrant Children in New Zealand Early Childhood Education Centres
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Guo, Karen; Dalli, Carmen – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
A multiple-case study investigation of the experiences of eight Chinese immigrant children in New Zealand early childhood centres suggested that the immigrant children's learning experiences in their first centre can be understood as a process of negotiating and creating intercultural relations. The children's use of family cultural tools, such as…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Interaction or Interruption? Five Child-Centred Philosophical Perspectives
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Widger, Susan; Schofield, Anne – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
This study investigated early childhood educators' beliefs regarding whether and when they should interact with children. Interviews were conducted with five educators chosen for their alignment with five distinct philosophical approaches representing a range of contemporary early childhood education services in New Zealand. A qualitative approach…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Teachers
An International Perspective on Regulated Family Day Care Systems
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Davis, Elise; Freeman, Ramona; Doherty, Gillian; Karlsson, Malene; Everiss, Liz; Couch, Jane; Foote, Lyn; Murray, Patricia; Modigliani, Kathy; Owen, Sue; Griffin, Sue; Friendly, Martha; McDonald, Grace; Bohanna, India; Corr, Lara; Smyth, Lisa; Morkeseth, Elisabeth Ianke; Morreaunet, Sissel; Ogi, Mari; Fukukawa, Sumi; Hinke-Rahnau, Jutta – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
Despite emerging evidence of the contributors to high-quality family day care, a comprehensive comparison of international family day care systems has not been undertaken. The aim of this paper is to compare regulated family day care (FDC) in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, and the USA,…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Child Care, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Toddlers as Mathematicians?
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Lee, Shiree – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
This article reports a recent case study providing evidence that toddlers explore mathematical concepts in their outdoor play. The play experiences the toddlers engaged in gave rise to seven mathematical categories. In each of these categories examples are given of some of the ways the toddlers displayed their mathematical knowledge and skill.
Descriptors: Play, Toddlers, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Skills
Technological Funds of Knowledge in Children's Play: Implications for Early Childhood Educators
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Mawson, Brent – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
The technological knowledge the children bring with them into early childhood settings is not well documented or understood. This article discusses the technological knowledge and understanding of the nature of technology present within children's collaborative play in two New Zealand early childhood settings. The children incorporated a wide…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries
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