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Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand: History, Pedagogy, and Liberation / by J. Ritchie, M. Skerrett.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ritchie, J., Author.
Skerrett, M., Author.
Series:
Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood, 2731-6378
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Educational sociology.
International education.
Comparative education.
Education--Philosophy.
Education.
Education and state.
Sociology of Education.
International and Comparative Education.
Educational Philosophy.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Philosophy of Education.
Local Subjects:
Sociology of Education.
International and Comparative Education.
Educational Philosophy.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Philosophy of Education.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (162 pages).
Edition:
1st ed. 2014.
Place of Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Taking as a starting point the work of Aotearoa New Zealand to provide an education system that includes curriculum, pedagogy, and language from indigenous Maori culture, this book investigates the ensuing practices, policies, and dilemmas that have arisen and provides a wealth of data on how truly culturally inclusive education might look.
Contents:
Cover
Half-Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Series Editors' Preface
Introduction and Overview
Part A: Chapters 1-3 (Mere Skerrett)
Part B: Chapters 4-6 (Jenny Ritchie)
References
Part I Kaupapa Maori Early Childhood Care and Education
1 Dismantling Colonial Myths: Centralising Maori Language in Education
Introduction
Colonization and homogenization in education
Power hierarchies through geographic territorialization and sociolinguistic stratification
Linguafaction
Discourse analysis
Powerful discourses and society
Myth one: we are all (happy) New Zealanders: trick or treaty
Myth two: colonization is benevolent
therefore Maori ungrateful
Myth three: what? racism in New Zealand, never!
Conclusions
Notes
2 Policy and Inhibiters of Bicultural/Bilingual Advancement
The 1835 Declaration of Independence and 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi and the 1987 Lands Case
The Maori Language Act
The Treaty in Education
The rise and decline of Kohanga Reo
Policy documents-The Meade report
Before Five policy statement
Pathways to the Future
The impact of Pathways policy on bilingual/immersion settings
Ka Hikitia Maori education strategies and Tau Mai Te Reo
Note
3 Crown Breaches, Neoliberal Reforms, and Radical Pedagogy
Waitangi Tribunal reports
Funding inequities
Declining enrollments for Kohanga Reo
Tribunal findings of Crown Treaty breaches
Curriculum implications
Teacher education
Regulatory framework
Neoliberal reforms
Radical (critical) Kaupapa Maori pedagogy
The development of critical literacy
Part II Indigenizing "Whitestream" Early Childhood Care and Education Practice in Aotearoa.
4 Contextual Explorations of Maori within "Whitestream" Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Promises, promises: Te Tiriti and Te Whariki as ethical visions
Settler assumption of sovereignty
Progressive traditions
"Flax-roots" early childhood education and care services
Maori pre-schools
Chance to be equal
Repositioning te Ao Maori as central to education
New right enmeshment with liberal social policies
5 Post-Te Whariki Early Childhood Care and Education Policy and Practice in "Whitestream" Early Childhood Care and Education in Aotearoa
Background
Neoliberal discursive era
Te Whariki as a kaupapa Maori vision
Ministry of Education guidance
Reviewing implementation
Attaining and maintaining momentum
6 A Counter-Colonial Pedagogy of Affect in Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Data examples
Conclusion
Colonization and Linguafaction
Systemic change
Maori language narratives
Maori language narratives as curriculum
Shifting the "whitestream"
Index.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781137394415
1137394412
9781137375797
1137375795
OCLC:
894367294

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