Browsing by Author "Mitchell, Linda"

• Children's working theories about Covid-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand 

  Kahuroa, Raella; Mitchell, Linda; Ng, Olivia; Johns, Terina (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021)

  As the COVID-19 virus has spread worldwide, much attention has been paid to its impact on the health and wellbeing of adults, with less attention to how the virus has impacted on young children. This article draws on ...

• Collaborative relationships in practice: Possibilities and challenges 

  Mitchell, Linda (Otago University Press, 2006)

  The following three papers examine what collaboration is happening in New Zealand’s early childhood education services currently, and provide exemplars of collaboration in three key areas: with parents and whänau; with ...

  

• Comment 

  Mitchell, Linda (NZCER Press, 2012)

  This issue of Early Childhood Folio ranges from a big-picture and readable review of the main debates within the literature about play in Western settings, to a small, qualitative, in-depth case study of a single child and ...

• Comment 

  Mitchell, Linda (NZCER Press, 2012)

  This issue of Early Childhood Folio has a diverse range of articles focusing on highly relevant and current pedagogical issues. Several involve case studies, where in-depth analysis enables opportunities for learning and ...

• Constructions of childhood in early childhood education policy debate in New Zealand 

  Mitchell, Linda (Symposium Journals Ltd., 2010)

  What assumptions about children and childhood are held by government officials and organisation representatives who are influential in policy formation in early childhood education (ECE) in New Zealand? How are assumptions ...

  

• Intercultural communication between two infants in a multicultural early childhood education context in Aotearoa New Zealand 

  Serhan, Yasmine (The University of Waikato, 2020)

  This study explores what intercultural communication could look like in an early childhood education setting in Aotearoa, New Zealand. In particular, it investigates the interactions between two infants that are under ...

  

• "You kind of have to be a bit superhuman" : early childhood teacher beliefs about what it takes to be a good teacher: A discourse analysis 

  Ewens, Sandra Jane (The University of Waikato, 2019)

  The early childhood teaching profession has developed into a community with its own language and culture (Cumming & Sumsion, 2014). Early childhood teacher beliefs and discourses have been developed and sustained within ...

  

• Discursive constructions of teachers’ professional identities in early childhood policies and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: Complexities and contradictions 

  Kamenarac, Olivera (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 ...

  

• Exploring Timorese family funds of knowledge and their use in education 

  Soares Pinto, Zulmira Da Cruz (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  There are many factors that contribute to children’s development, including their social and cultural background. Families play a significant role in children’s development and the funds of knowledge that reside within a ...

  

• Negotiating fairness and diversity: Stories from an Aotearoa New Zealand kindergarten 

  Kelly-Ware, Janette Patricia (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  A number of research studies have utilised ‘working theories’, a key learning outcome of Te Whāriki, the Aotearoa New Zealand curriculum, as a lens to explore pedagogy in early childhood education. The perceived gap that ...

  

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