1st Edition
Explorations of Democracy, Belonging and Relationships with Land Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
List of figures
About the authors
Chapter co-author biographies
Series editors' foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction: Setting the scene
Theme 1: Democracy in education
Chapter 2: Democracy as a value and purpose for a public education system
Chapter 3: Early childhood education creating a democratic world
Chapter 4: Creating a democratic living philosophy
Chapter 5: Kōhanga reo and transformational directions for education
Chapter 6: Teachers as democratic professionals and the child as citizen
Theme 2: Belonging, connections to others and the environment
Chapter 7: A human rights analysis of refugee resettlement and early childhood policy
Chapter 8: Pōwhiri – the traditional Māori ceremony of welcome as a process for supporting belonging
Chapter 9: Participation in cultural processes of food preparation and belonging
Chapter 10: Connecting homeland with early childhood settings: treasures from home as mediators of belonging for migrant and refugee children
Theme 3: Relationships with land
Chapter 11: Ko au te whenua, ko te whenua ko au – I am the land and the land is me
Chapter 12: Walking with young children to story and read the land
Chapter 13: Maunganui Kindergarten: developing connectedness with land and with people
Theme 4: Renewing the thinking and practice of democracy in researching early childhood education. Research as a palimpsest
Chapter 14. Crafint research partnerships for exploring pedagogical practice in Aotearoa New Zealand
Chapter 15. Research as a palimpsest: possibilities for research, pedagogy and policy
Glossary References for all chapters
Biography
Linda Mitchell is Retired Professor and Honorary Fellow at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Raella Kahuroa (Ngāti Kahungungu) is a lecturer and researcher in early childhood education at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Amanda Bateman is Professor of Early Years at Birmingham City University, England, having worked at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Bronwen Cowie is Emeritus Professor at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Olivera Kamenarac is Senior Lecturer in Education at Southern Cross University, Australia, after working at Te Whare Wānanga, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Elaine Khoo is Associate Professor at the Institute of Education at Massey University, New Zealand, after working at Te Whare Wānanga, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Hoana McMillan (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a lecturer and kaupapa Māori researcher at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Lesley Rameka (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tukorehe) has recently retired from her roles as a Senior Research Fellow and kaupapa Māori researcher at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
'A timely book that brings together a body of knowledge from across Aotearoa New Zealand and in so doing adds to the country's unique contribution to global education and care with young children. There are messages here to help rethink and reinvigorate urgent questions about democracy, belonging and sustainability.'
Dr Alison Clark, Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of South-Eastern Norway.
