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Publication Date: 2022
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Weaving in Data Knowledge about Sustained Shared Thinking Enhances Early Childhood Education Practice
Meade, Anne; Kwan, Meg
Early Childhood Folio, v26 n2 p25-31 2022
Weaving is a significant metaphor for kaiako in Aotearoa New Zealand. "Te Whariki" (Ministry of Education, 2017) is central to their professional lives. At Daisies Early Education and Care Centre (hereafter Daisies), the strands in Te Whariki shape the curriculum and its principles guide pedagogy and relationships. In January 2019, the Daisies team decided to investigate how to weave more sustained shared thinking (Siraj-Blatchford, 2010) through our pedagogy. Daisies' leaders obtained copies of the Assessing Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care, Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being (SSTEW) Scale (Siraj et al., 2015). A Teacher-Led Innovation Fund (TLIF) grant supported a trial of the scale tool as a professional learning and development (PLD) resource at Daisies and at Te Puna Reo o Nga Kakano. Trial processes, PLD processes, and findings pertaining only to Daisies are described in this article.
Descriptors: Data Use, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Faculty Development, Thinking Skills, Self Evaluation (Groups), Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Leadership, Participative Decision Making
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Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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