Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand: History, Pedagogy, and Liberation History, Pedagogy, and Liberation

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. Since 1996 Aotearoa New Zealand has had a national early childhood curriculum, Te Whariki, which validates the language and culture of the Indigenous Maori. This book provides two lenses into the history of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, with a particular focus on Maori children and their families, In elucidating the specific context of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which the recent policy context has operated in an attempt to effect inclusion or exclusion of Maori epistemologies and pedagogies within both Maori initiatives such as Te Kohanga Reo (a Maori immersion whanau/family development movement), as well as 'whitestream' institutions, this book offers insight into struggles to provide culturally equitable provision to Indigenous young children Since 1996 Aotearoa New Zealand has had a national early childhood curriculum, Te Whariki, which validates the language and culture of the Indigenous Maori. This book provides two lenses into the history of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, with a particular focus on Maori children and their famiiles, In elucidating the specific context of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which the recent policy context has operated in an attempt to effect inclusion or exclusion of Maori epistemologies and pedagogies within both Maori initiatives such as Te Kohanga Reo (a Maori immersion whanau/family development movement), as well as 'whitestream' institutions, this book offers insight into struggles to provide culturally equitable provision to Indigenous young children Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Te Timatanga: Introduction and Overview....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Dismantling Colonial Myths: Centralising Māori Language in Education....Pages 10-34 Policy and Inhibiters of Bicultural/Bilingual Advancement....Pages 35-55 Crown Breaches, Neoliberal Reforms, and Radical Pedagogy....Pages 56-71 Front Matter....Pages 72-72 Contextual Explorations of Māori within “Whitestream” Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand....Pages 73-91 Post-Te Whāriki Early Childhood Care and Education Policy and Practice in “Whitestream” Early Childhood Care and Education in Aotearoa....Pages 92-112 A Counter-Colonial Pedagogy of Affect in Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand....Pages 113-129 Liberatory Praxis: Conclusions....Pages 130-138 Back Matter....Pages 139-145 Dismantling colonial myths : centralising Māori language in education / Mere Skerrett Policy and inhibiters of bicultural/bilingual advancement / Mere Skerrett Crown breaches, neoliberal reforms, and radical pedagogy / Mere Skerrett Contextual explorations of Māori within "whitestream" early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand / Jenny Ritchie Post-te whāriki early childhood care and education policy and practice in "whitestream" early childhood care and education in Aotearoa / Jenny Ritchie Counter-colonial pedagogy of affect in early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand / Jenny Ritchie. Taking as a starting point the work of Aotearoa New Zealand to provide an education system that includes curriculum, pedagogy, and language from indigenous Māori 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.