Repository logo
 

How Do Educators Establish Sensitive Relationships With Infants (Six Weeks to Twelve Months of Age) in an Early Childhood Context of Aotearoa/New Zealand?

Files

Thesis(1.09 MB)

Date

2011

Authors

Supervisor

Grey, Anne

Item type

Thesis

Degree name

Master of Education

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Auckland University of Technology

Abstract

This research explores how qualified early childhood educators establish responsive relationships with infants from the ages of six weeks to twelve months of age in a mainstream early childhood centre context in Auckland, New Zealand. In this research learning stories were used as a basis for discussion linking to the requirements of national Early Childhood Education curriculum document “Te Whāriki” (Ministry of Education, 1996). By analyzing discussions surrounding this documentation, I examined how educators promote and build responsive relationships with the infants with whom they interact, and how the educators view their teaching practices and pedagogy.

Description

Keywords

Early Childhood Education, Infants, Relationships, Sensitive, Responsive, Qualified

Source

DOI

Publisher's version

Rights statement

Permanent link

https://hdl.handle.net/10292/2582

Collections

Masters Theses