Early Childhood Education as a Site of Ecocentric Counter-Colonial Endeavour in Aotearoa New Zealand

Autor/in	Ritchie, Jenny
Titel	Early Childhood Education as a Site of Ecocentric Counter-Colonial Endeavour in Aotearoa New Zealand
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 13 (2012) 2, S.86-98 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1463-9491
DOI	10.2304/ciec.2012.13.2.86
Schlagwörter	Indigenous Populations; Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Epistemology; Indigenous Knowledge; Qualitative Research; Child Care Centers; Ethics; Educational Change; Environment; Technological Advancement; Global Approach; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Erkenntnistheorie; Qualitative Forschung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Ethik; Bildungsreform; Umwelt; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Globales Denken; Neuseeland
Abstract	This article draws upon a range of theoretical domains, first to outline the historical rationale for the urgent changes needed to challenge and transform the dominator culture which has justified exploitation of Indigenous peoples and the resources of the earth. It invites educators to reconsider the narratives that are either consciously or inadvertently promoted in our work, suggesting that we can learn from Indigenous epistemologies in which humans are situated alongside earth others, as respectful, related guardians and caretakers. It finally draws on some examples from a recent qualitative study conducted with ten early childhood centres from across Aotearoa, to illuminate possibilities for enactment of counter-colonial renarrativisation within early childhood settings in service of an ethical project of enhancing relationalities, reconnecting children and their families with the more-than-human world. (Contains 7 notes and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10