Gaye Tyler-Merrick, senior lecturer in Education at Canterbury University and former president of Kidsfirst Kindergartens, discusses her ideas about sharing expertise and research across all areas of education in an interview at the Education Leaders Forum 2011. Gaye advocates building strong foundations, and talks here about the role of early childhood education in lifelong learning success.
Gaye Tyler-Merrick, senior lecturer in Education at Canterbury University and former president of Kidsfirst Kindergartens, discusses her ideas about sharing expertise and research across all areas of education in an interview at the Education Leaders Forum 2011. Gaye advocates building strong foundations, and talks here about the role of early childhood education in lifelong learning success.
Gaye Tyler-Merrick, senior lecturer in Education at Canterbury University and former president of Kidsfirst Kindergartens, discusses her ideas about sharing expertise and research across all areas of education in an interview at the Education Leaders Forum 2011. Gaye advocates building strong foundations, and talks here about the role of early childhood education in lifelong learning success.
Head teacher Lynne Paul discusses how their centre wiki has been a pivotal support for daily teaching practice by enabling collaborative understanding and reflection, and in aiding their investigation into children’s creative processes.
May Crichton discusses the process used to create Samoan language learning resources through ICT to support and extend children’s confidence with their language, which has actively encouraged both children and their families to speak Samoan at home.
Most early childhood centres in Christchurch were in full-swing when the February earthquake hit. This story captures some of the experiences of teachers in these centres at this moment, and in the hours, weeks and months that followed.
