Browse Hierarchy EDUC103: Te Ao Hurihuri 2: Ngā Auahatanga - Innovations in Care and Education

This course provides students with an opportunity to interrogate the genealogies of indigenous and Western models of childrearing and the intergenerational transmission of languages, values and knowledges, including view of play and playfulness. Students engage in in-depth exploration, comparison and critique of historical and contemporary contexts for early childhood philosophies and programmes, with a focus on Indigenous models (such as Kōhanga Reo, Aoga Amata, Punanga Reo and Punana Leo) and key Western pedagogical innovations and influences (such as is seen in the work of John Dewey, Frederick Froebel, Rudolph Steiner, Maria Montessori, and the MacMillan sisters).