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Kia ora and a warm welcome to our website Policy Sector Concerns, Problems & Challenges

Sector Concerns, Problems & Challenges


There are always different issues and problems within early childhood services and in the provision of services to families. 

While some problems can be addressed by changes in government policy or by  changes in management or professional practices, others will always be challenges just because of the very nature of an early childhood programme setting. 

Here we will discuss concerns and issues, even if it's not politically cool to raise a particular concern.  But why not?  Why be quiet about issues and problems and let them fester.  Solutions are more likely to be found or harm minimised if there is awareness and frank discussion of problems.

  

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1 How Much Should We Value ERO Reviews of ECE Services?
2 “People Still Think of Us as Babysitters” - The Low Status of Early Childhood Teaching
3 Today's Policy and Funding Challenges in Providing a Great Early Education For Kids
4 Towards the ECE Sector and Child and Family Services Becoming More Father Friendly
5 Is Small Group-Size (Class Size) Important? And Should It be a Legal Requirement?
6 Commissioner for Children's Inquiry into the Non-Parental Care and Education of Children Under Two Years
7 Is it a Disaster or a Blessing to Have Non Qualified Teachers Working with Children?
8 Overseas Trained Teachers Can Bring a Lot: But their Value is Not Always Recognised
9 Just Do It! Motivating You to Speak Up
10 Making Big Business of Caring for Children
11 Kindergartens Change from Sessional Preschool to All-day Licences
12 Do Qualified Teachers Equal Quality for Kids?
13 Space in ECE Services and Avoiding Overcrowding, Stress, and an Environment in Which Learning is Difficult for Children
14 Using Research to Sell Policy and Mislead Parents and Educators
15 Public-Professional Barriers to Breastfeeding
 
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