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The educationalising of early childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand: tracking “free play” 1940s–2010

  • Autores: Sue Stover
  • Localización: Paedagogica Historica: International journal of the history of education, ISSN 0030-9230, Vol. 52, Nº. Extra 5, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Shaping european welfare nation-states through professional encounters with the post-WWII immigrant / Christian Ydesen (ed. lit.), Marta Padovan-Özdemir (ed. lit.), Ian Grosvenor (dir.)), págs. 525-541
  • Idioma: inglés
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    • Geographically isolated in the south-west Pacific but intellectually and culturally connected to Western Europe, Aotearoa New Zealand’s early childhood education sector is a unique mix of influences. The imprint of progressive education is evident in a legacy of “free play” programmes, yet its national curriculum is built on the construct of “mana”, reflecting the cosmology and aspirations of the indigenous Māori people. These influences are held in tension with contemporary economic drivers to expand the sector and to focus on politically approved “learning outcomes”. Within this dynamic tension, the place of play and of “free play” is paradoxically both visible and invisible both in the education of very young children, and also in teacher education. This study draws on oral history interviews that focused on “free play” across 60+ years. The analysis of these indicates a process of “educationalisation” evident across three “reform agendas”: Play, Unity, and Education.


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