Teacher Member Posts
The Place of Travel in Teachers’ Professional Development
Travel in Teachers’ Professional Development. By Kathy Goouch and Hazel Bryan. There has been increasing interest shown by those concerned with young children’s learning in international policy and practice. By travelling ourselves, we sought to understand the imperative for practitioners […]
Can Women Understand How Boys Tick?
Should Boys Have a Male Teacher? I don’t believe we as women understand how boys really tick. If boys had a male teacher would this help their achievement and reduce problem behaviours?Female kindergarten head teacher. Dr Alexander replies Female teachers […]
Can a Male Teacher Be Fired For Not Being ‘Man’ Enough?
“Our male teacher is not what we expected when we employed him. Can we fire him? “He provides nothing particularly male that is different to our female staff. He’s not interested in doing carpentry and construction with the children. His […]
Earthquake Drills
Earthquake Drills and the Turtle Drop – Reflections and Discussion about what is Best Practice. By Warwick Marshall A big earthquake shakes while you’re in the kitchen at your house. What do you do? Of course you throw yourself to […]
Service Provider Member Posts
Cashflow Management
Cashflow Management. How do we cope with huge cash inflows from the MoE three times a year then famine in between? The simplest way is to put into a separate bank account all the advances received each four months and […]
Mentoring New People to Come onto the Committee
Mentoring new people. Are you finding that you have to twist the arm of an unwilling parent or person to be on the board or committee? Here are some tips so you never have to do this again. Most organisations, […]
Establishing Good Internal Financial Control and Preventing Fraud
Early Childhood Service Internal Financial Control Systems. By Bevin Fitzsimons. Why internal control? Internal control systems are normal in business and society and will be expected of you by your staff, fellow owners, parents, board members, bankers and financiers.They help […]
Fostering Teamwork
Good teamwork is vital. When most teachers/ educators are asked who the most important people in an early childhood service are, they will answer, “The Children”. Children are the ultimate reason that teachers have chosen a career in early childhood […]
Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles
Children’s Developing Minds Revealed by Parent-led Research
A new book giving insight into children’s developing minds. What do children make of the stories we offer them? What do they think and feel as they listen to a parent read a picture-book? And what if a story confuses them. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
Index for the NZ Research in ECE Journal, 2005, Vol 8
The titles, authors and abstracts for papers published in the NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, Volume 8, 2005 are shown below. To view any paper, scroll to the end of this page for copies. Children as Rights Holders: […]
Factors Influencing the Use of Digital Technology in Early Childhood Education
Research on the factors influencing the use of digital technology in early childcare education settings. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
Research as a Journey: The New Researcher as a First-Time Traveller
Research as a Learning Journey. By Michael Gaffney. Published in NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 2002, Vol. 5, pp. 1-11 Beginning the Journey This paper uses journey as a metaphor, and to a lesser extent problem solving, to […]
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