• Trends in the administration and history of education: What counts? A reply to Roy Lowe  

  Fitzgerald, Tanya; Gunter, Helen (Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2005)

  Responds to "Journal of Educational Administration and History" editor Roy Lowe's invitation to reflect on the original aims of the Journal and how these might be understood from the perspective of the editorial board and ...
• Titiro whakamuri, hoki whakamua. We are the future, the present and the past: Caring for self, others and the environment in early years’ teaching and learning  

  Ritchie, Jenny; Duhn, Iris; Rau, Cheryl; Craw, Janita (2010)

  This project focuses on global issues of ecological sustainability in a variety of national/local early childhood contexts. The research aims to illuminate, document, explore, and explain possibilities for early childhood ...
• A critique of the use of Learning Stories to assess the learning dispositions of young children  

  Blaiklock, Ken (New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education, 2008)

  This paper discusses a number of concerns about the value of Learning Stories for assessing children’s learning in early childhood centres. The technique requires teachers to observe children and write narrative “stories” ...
• Te Whāriki: Rhetoric and reality  

  Blaiklock, Ken (New Zealand Early Childhood Research Conference, 2012)
• Te Whāriki, the New Zealand early childhood curriculum: Is it effective?  

  Blaiklock, Ken (International Journal of Early Years Education, 2010)

  Te Whāriki, the New Zealand early childhood curriculum, has received much praise since its introduction in 1996. There is, however, little research evidence about the implementation or effectiveness of the curriculum in ...

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