Early childhood education in Aotearoa in a post-Covid world

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Title

Early childhood education in Aotearoa in a post-Covid world

Description

This article draws on recent research on the impact of Covid-19 on the early childhood education (ECE) sector in Aotearoa. It discusses the innovative ways that ECE services found to communicate with families and children and maintain an education programme during lockdowns, the essential role they played in childcare for children of essential workers, and the approaches some took to “working in solidarity” with children, families, and community. The article discusses crucial issues that need attention at policy and organisational levels. These include new issues that arose during lockdowns, and enduring issues that have intensified. The consequences of three decades of neoliberalism, privatisation and marketisation are briefly discussed and a reimagined vision is put forward.

Creator

Linda Mitchell

Source

New Zealand Annual Review of Education

Publisher

Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Date

2021-07-20

Rights

Open source

Format

pdf

Language

English

Type

Journal article

Identifier

https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzaroe/article/view/6913

Coverage

Aotearoa New Zealand

Collection

Citation

Linda Mitchell, “Early childhood education in Aotearoa in a post-Covid world,” Teaching & Learning in COVID-19 times study, accessed November 15, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/teaching-and-learning-in-a-pandemic/items/show/186.