"The Value is Enormous--It's Priceless I Think!": New Zealand Preschool Teachers' Understandings of the Early Childhood Curriculum in New Zealand--A Comparative Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Alvestad, Marit; Duncan, Judith
Titel	"The Value is Enormous--It's Priceless I Think!": New Zealand Preschool Teachers' Understandings of the Early Childhood Curriculum in New Zealand--A Comparative Perspective
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Childhood, 38 (2006) 1, S.31-45 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7187
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Teachers; Early Childhood Education; Curriculum Evaluation; Curriculum Development; Theory Practice Relationship; Preschool Children; Comparative Education; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Context; Teacher Attitudes; Indigenous Populations; New Zealand; Norway; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Entwicklung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Lehrerverhalten; Sinti und Roma; Neuseeland; Norwegen; Schweden
Abstract	This article examines a group of New Zealand preschool teachers' perspectives on their early childhood curriculum--"Te Whariki: He Whariki Maatauranga mo ngaa Mokopuna o Aotearoa" (Ministry of Education, 1996). In this discussion we focus on the teachers' understandings of the meaning, value and focus of this curriculum document. This is part of a small-scale qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with eight and nine preschool teachers undertaken in each of three countries--Norway, Sweden and New Zealand (during 1999-2002). We conclude this article with a comparative discussion of some of the similarities and differences between the three countries. (Contains 16 end notes.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	OMEP: Organisation Mondiale pour l'Education Prescolaire, Goteborg University, Department of Education, Box 300, Goteborg, Sweden SE-40530. Tel: +46 317 732461; Fax: +46 317 732391; Web site: http://www.ped.gu.se/users/pramling/ijec/index.html.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10