This article explores the integration of Pacific ways of knowing, being, and doing into leadership in early childhood education (ECE) in Aotearoa New Zealand to sustain Pacific children's cultural identities. Current leadership models in education reflect dominant systems that do not fully recognize the diverse contributions, needs, and priorities of Pacific communities. By foregrounding collec…
As Tocqueville saw almost 200 years ago, rituals sit uncomfortably with democratic people, who tend to see them as inegalitarian or unjust impositions of authority. Molly Farneth's new book, The Politics of Ritual, encourages, American progressiveness to see ritual differently. Rituals, she says, can be enacted in novel ways to serve democratic ends in in the service of political and cultura…
Disagreements exists about how to best spark young children's motivation to learn natural science. Both curiosity and wonder are considered important motivational factors for learning during early childhood (0-8 years). This systematic literature review e3xplores research about scientific curiosity and wonder in early childhood education and care published from 2010-2020. The review outlines…
This longitudinal study examined the effectiveness of a progress monitoring method, namely the Multilayer Instruction Model-Progress (MIM-PM), which is a word reading fluency measure. It was used from 1st grade onward to predict the overall reading achievement of students in elementary school by tracking their reading achievement over the following six years. A total of 827 elementary school …