A growing number of 2 year olds are now attending early childhood education (ECE) services nationally and internationally. However, New Zealand has been slow to address the specialist provision and ...

Early Childhood Folio is seeking articles for this special issue. It follows the University of Waikato Early Years Research Centre annual teachers’ conference of the same name, and the publication of ...

Ambitious mathematics teaching involves skilled ways of eliciting and responding to each and every student in the class so that they learn worthwhile mathematics and come to view themselves as ...

Currently PAT Tuhituhi is an online-only assessment. Students must write and submit their response online. Part of our next ...

This article looks at how the belief system of special education can act as a barrier to inclusion in early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families. The author suggests ...

Children’s inquiry is a pedagogical approach that positions young learners as active investigators who co-construct ...

Recognising that assessment literacy is a complex construct comprised of knowledge, skills, and dispositions, the authors sought to better understand how teacher candidates develop assessment literacy ...

Formative assessment is a crucial aspect of teaching and learning in the classroom, but there is evidence that there has been a lack of effective implementation of formative assessment in practice. In ...

All workers in New Zealand can expect to have their rights to health implemented in their workplaces. For early childhood teachers, health risks extend to the children they care for, as well as their ...

With the introduction of PAT Tuhituhi | PAT Writing, NZCER is now offering a pair of introductory webinars for this new auto-marked, online assessment tool. These will be brief half-hour sessions with ...

NZCER is excited to announce that PAT Tuhituhi, the newest addition to our Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), is now live for schools to use. PAT Tuhituhi is an online, standardised writing ...

The latest report from New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) provides a fresh perspective of literacy in early childhood, suggesting a wider, more inclusive view of the subject.