Te Aoturoa Tataki: Inclusive Early Childhood Education : Perspectives on Inclusion, Social Justice and Equity from Aotearoa New Zealand - Softcover

Gunn, Alexandra C.; Purdue, Kerry; Surtees, Nicola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1927151430 ISBN 13: 9781927151433

Publisher: New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) Press, 2012

Synopsis

How do early childhood education settings become places where everyone involved is able to say they feel they belong? What kinds of questions about inclusion, social justice and equity might it be pertinent and productive to ask of contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood teachers and their practice? When, how and why might teachers intervene to address issues of injustice and exclusion that arise in the context of early childhood work? These are the kinds of questions explored in this book. Addressing how teachers and policy makers can work for inclusion with diverse children and families, this book focuses on the development of positive attitudes to difference, diversity and inclusion. It suggests possible ways to reduce and eliminate barriers to learning and participation in early childhood communities. The authors interrogate notions of difference, inclusion and exclusion from the perspectives of Māori and cultural responsiveness, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and biculturalism, interculturalism, gender, sexualities, economic disadvantage, age, religion and disability.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1927151430
• ISBN 13: 9781927151433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Gordon-Burns Diane