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I am five and I go to school: Early Years Schooling in New Zealand,1900-2010
May H
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JJ; 3JMC; JNF; JNLA; JNLB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 708.
The twentieth century was a time of great change in early years education. As the century opened, the use of Froebel's kindergarten methods infiltrated more infant classrooms. The emergence of psychology as a discipline, and especially its work on child development, was beginning to influence thinking about how infants learn through play. While there were many teachers who maintained Victorian approaches in their classrooms, some others experimented, were widely read and a few even travelled to the US and Europe and brought new ideas home. As well, there was increasing political support for new approaches to the "new education" ideas ... Read more
The twentieth century was a time of great change in early years education. As the century opened, the use of Froebel's kindergarten methods infiltrated more infant classrooms. The emergence of psychology as a discipline, and especially its work on child development, was beginning to influence thinking about how infants learn through play. While there were many teachers who maintained Victorian approaches in their classrooms, some others experimented, were widely read and a few even travelled to the US and Europe and brought new ideas home. As well, there was increasing political support for new approaches to the "new education" ideas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Otago University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, New Zealand
ISBN
9781877372865
SKU
V9781877372865
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About May H
Helen May, now an emeritus professor, is a former Dean of the University of Otago College of Education. She began her career as a primary school teacher in the mid-1960s, worked in childcare in the 1970s, and began tertiary teaching in the 1980s. During the early 1990s she worked with Margaret Carr on the development of Te Whāriki, New Zealands ... Read more
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