Browsing by Author "Kamenarac, Olivera"
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The Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education and care: A collaborative and democratic space and place for all members of the learning community
(Visoka škola strukovnih studija za obrazovanje vaspitača, Novi Sad, 2019)This article draws on the author’s doctoral research study that investigated how teachers’ professional identities have been re constructed in response to shifting discourses in early childhood education and care (ECEC) ... -
Business managers in children’s playground : Exploring a problematic (or not!) identity construction of early childhood teachers in New Zealand.
(Sage, 2021)The impacts of neo-liberal education reforms on the early childhood education sector have been a focal point of scholarly critiques in New Zealand. Interestingly, only a few studies have addressed how teacher professional ... -
‘Business managers’ in children’s playground: A call for re-envisioning teachers’ professional identities in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood policies and practices
(2019)‘Business managers’ in children’s playground: A call for re-envisioning teachers’ professional identities in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood policies and practices The impacts of neoliberal education reforms on the ... -
Discursive constructions of teachers’ professional identities in early childhood policies and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: Complexities and contradictions
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Over the last two decades, neo-liberal education reform has notably transformed the landscape of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Aotearoa New Zealand. From an increasingly supportive approach, aiming to ensure ... -
Problematising constructions of ‘expert teachers’ and ‘vulnerable children’ in New Zealand Early Childhood
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)Over the last two decades, early childhood education (ECE) has come to the top of the political agenda in New Zealand and internationally. The interest of governments and policy-makers in ECE has been driven by the thinking ...
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Curriculum enactment, challenges and enablers for change and transformation in early childhood education
(The University of Waikato, 2021)This research study examines the ECE curriculum in the changing and evolving landscape of early childhood care and education in a diverse and globalized society and world that is becoming increasingly connected via advances ...
