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Direct linkLove, Hailey R.; Hancock, Christine L. – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
Efforts to "professionalize" early childhood through professional standards, licensure requirements, and standardized assessments have aimed to support effective practice and rectify the pay inequities experienced by early educators. However, such initiatives can inadvertently reinforce hegemonic developmentalism and have largely served…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Professionalism, Disabilities
Carr, Margaret; Mitchell, Linda; Rameka, Lesley – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2016
In this article, the authors argue that the use of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) standardized tests to evaluate the early childhood education sector, while it may be perfectly "scientific", could be disastrous for "Te Whariki", a curriculum that is child-centred and learning-oriented. The basic…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Development
Cheeseman, Sandra; Sumsion, Jennifer – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2016
Images of children as strong and capable rights-holders have nestled comfortably into the vernacular of early childhood education and care discourses. Promoting a view of children as entitled to contribute to decisions that affect them, these images are now framing themes of many curricular guides and learning frameworks. The inclusion of infants…
Descriptors: Infants, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Personal Narratives
Shaji, Milimu Gladys; Indoshi, Francis C. – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
Cognitive development and teaching have highlighted the importance of learning based on the relationship among individuals and the learning environment. Teaching and learning of science in early childhood development and education (ECDE) can only be effective if adequate facilities, materials, equipment and activities are put in place. Teaching of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Class Size, Science Activities, Early Childhood Education
