• Dust under the whāriki: Embracing the messiness of curriculum  

  White, Elizabeth Jayne (NZCER Press, 2011)

  This article examines the early childhood curriculum in action by looking at two oppositional forces that are at play: authoritative discourse (which is perceived as uncontestable) and internally persuasive discourse (which ...
• Reading toddlers: Noticing and recognising more  

  White, Elizabeth Jayne (Ministry of Education New Zealand, 2010)

  When I think of literacy, the idea of 'reading' some sort of language system – be it oral or written word - springs to mind. However, there are also language systems that are used by all of us throughout our lives where ...
• Quality early childhood education for under-two-year-olds: What should it look like? A literature review  

  Dalli, Carmen; White, Elizabeth Jayne; Rockel, Jean; Duhn, Iris; Buchanan, Emma; Davidson; Ganly, Sarah; Kus, Larissa; Wang, Bo (Ministry of Education New Zealand, 2011)

  Recent years have seen increasing participation of under-two-year-olds in early childhood education. This literature review draws together relevant research evidence to better understand what quality early childhood education ...
• Introduction  

  Peters, Sally (2011)

  This special edition of Early Years draws on research from Aotearoa New Zealand and comprises six papers that shed light on both the policy context and the curriculum in action. This focus on New Zealand is timely as New ...
• Teachers’ views about technical education: implications for reforms towards a broad based technology curriculum in Malawi  

  Chikasanda, Vanwyk Khobidi; Otrel-Cass, Kathrin; Jones, Alister (Springer, 2011)

  Internationally there has been concern about the direction of technical education and how it is positioned in schools. This has also been the case in Malawi where the curriculum has had a strong focus on skills development. ...

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