Overview
Introduction to early childhood education in Aotearoa including curriculum, pedagogy and assessment for diverse children, families, and communities and the integration and implementation of quality curriculum.
- Historical, political and cultural provision of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Aotearoa
- History of ideas concerning childhood, childrearing, institutional care of infants and young children outside the family home
- Influence of the social, political and cultural context on development of ECEC services
- The impact of research in shaping understandings about and institutions for young children
- Histories and contexts for the development of ECEC curriculum approaches
- Te Whāriki and its implementation
- Philosophy - image of the child, image of the teacher, bi-cultural underpinnings
- Theoretical perspectives: play-based, sociocultural, social-situated, bi-cultural
- The structure and implementation of the curriculum
- Complex integrated curriculum and implications for professional practice
- Curriculum and pedagogical content knowledge
- Sociocultural and narrative assessment
- Professionalism in early childhood
- Planning and evaluating teaching, assessment for learning
- Collaborative decision making
- Ethics and reflexive praxis
About this paper
| Paper title | Early Childhood Curriculum 1 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | 1st Non standard period (13 January 2025 - 18 June 2025) (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,972.25 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
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- MTchgLn
- Notes
- Early Childhood Education students only.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Textbooks
- Clark, B. & Grey, A. Ata Kitea te Pae - Scanning the Horizon, Auckland: Pearson.
- May, H. (2013) The Discovery of Early Childhood (2nd edition), Auckland: Auckland University Press.
- Grey, A. & Clark, B, (2013), Nga hurihanga Ako Kohungahunga - Transformative Teaching Practices in Early Childhood Education, Auckland: Pearson.
- New Zealand Ministry of Education. (2017). Te Whāriki: He whāriki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa: Early childhood curriculum. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
- Hemara, W. (2000). Māori pedagogies: A view from the literature. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
- McLachlan, C., Fleer, M. & Edwards, S. (2013). Early childhood curriculum: Planning, assessment and implementation (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press. (Available from Robertson Library Reserve).
- MacNaughton, G., & Williams, G. (2009). Techniques for teaching young children: Choices in theory and practice (3rd ed.). New South Wales, Australia: Pearson Education.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will be able to:
- Critically analyse the origins of the ideas and institutions underpinning the historical, political and cultural provision of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa.
- Examine and appraise the development of the idea of national curricula in international contexts including the implementation of Te Whāriki, its pedagogical implications and associated professional practices.
- Demonstrate an understanding of Te Whāriki as a bi-cultural curriculum for infants, toddlers, young children and their families.
- Analyse a range of approaches to curriculum and provision for people under three.
- Examine the way in which cultural context influences education and care practices for people under three.
- Research health, safety, pedagogical, and ethical practices associated with care and education of people under three in differing global contexts.