Day ONE Tuesday, 26 April 2011 - Conference Innovators DAY 1 TUESDAY 26 APRIL Day ONE Tuesday, 26 April 2011 10.30am Powhiri Room TBC 12.00pm Lunch/ Kai Room TBC 1.00pm Keynote Address

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DAY 1 TUESDAY 26 APRIL

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Day ONE Tuesday, 26 April 2011

10.30am Powhiri Room TBC

12.00pm Lunch/ Kai Room TBC

1.00pm Keynote Address Room TBC Preschool in three cultures revisited: Japan, China and the United States

Prof Joseph Tobin Chair: TBC

2.00pm Concurrent Sessions 1

W Concurrent Session 1A Room TBC It’s not about the game. How ICT build’s children’s learning power

Jo Colbert Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 1B Room TBC

Learning beyond our walls: Making sense of our world Jan Beatson, Kerri Walker, Iuliana Martin

Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 1C Room TBC

Discovering the power of knowing and keeping connected with your students’ culture, language and identity

Ruta McKenzie, Helen Singleton Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 1D Room TBC Traversing transitions Karin Shaw

Chair: TBC S Concurrent Session 1E Room TBC

Don’t worry Dad, I’m just exploring a working theory: Working theories in action Keryn Davis, Dr Sally Peters, Nikki Wellby, Dalene Mactier, Aletta Duff Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 1F Room TBC ECE and early years schooling practices: How optimal are young children’s language acquisition opportunities?

Jannie Van Hees, Nola Harvey, Anne Schofield Chair: TBC

Key: S Symposium W Workshop Presentation

Convention Programme

P Paper Presentation E Explorations Christchurch B Babies Movie

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S Symposium W Workshop Presentation P Paper Presentation E Explorations Christchurch B Babies Movie

W Concurrent Session 1G Room TBC Differing connections of learning – Unveiling distorted images of learning within early

childhood education Dorothy Capon, Beccy Creswick

Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 1H Room TBC Sing and say, move and play. The art, science & psychology of music in early childhood

Julie Wylie, Louise Shand Van Tongeren Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 1I Room TBC

Nanny Mere’s Papa Taakaro: A community built playscape on Te Moutere o Matakana Toni Christie, Robin Christie Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 1J Room TBC Chair: TBC

2.00pm Toddlers as mathematicians Shiree Lee

2.45pm Virtual Home Visits: Delivering Early Intervention Services to Infants and Toddlers

with Disabilities Via the Internet Barbara Fiechtl, Sue Olsen, Sarah Rule

P Concurrent Session 1K Room TBCChair: TBC

2.00pm The use of a Te Whaariki based critical pedagogy for inclusive education Bernadette Macartney

2.45pm ‘I’m scared of that baby (child with disabilities)’: Children’s experiences of disability,

inclusion and exclusion in early childhood education Karen Turnock, Diane Gordon-Burns, Kerry Purdue, Benita Rarere-Briggs,

Robyn Stark

P Concurrent Session 1L Room TBCChair: TBC

2.00pm Responsive and reciprocal relationships between people, places, and things: interactions between an early childhood centre and a museum

Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips, Margaret Carr, Becs Thomas, Ali Beer, Maiangi Waitai

2.45pm What are the connections? An investigation of the connections between the teachers’ views of learning in the early childhood and primary sector

Lyn Foote, Fiona Ellis

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P Concurrent Session 1M Room TBCChair: TBC

2.00pm Early childhood settings through a heterotopian lens Bradley Hannigan

2.45pm Multidisciplinary work in early childhood education: The case of hospital play specialists

Dr Joce Nuttall

S Concurrent Session 1N Room TBC Chair: TBC

DOCTORAL THESIS SYMPOSIUM 1: Effective Tiriti-based curriculum: What can research offer practitioners? Chris Jenkin

Valuing the practical; valuing play Sue Stover, Grey Anne W Concurrent Session 1P Room TBC Whanau-tangata Anne Masterton, Helen Smithies Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 1Q Room TBC Supporting transition to school for children and their families Monica Cameron Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 1R Room TBC2.00pm Investigating ICT in a Playcentre setting: How can we communicate the way our

Playcentre philosophy shapes, supports and enhances children’s learning through the use of ICT and the outcome when children are supported to use ICT’s for exploration and to strengthen interest

Trish Nalder, Karmin Marchbanks Chair: TBC

3.30pm Afternoon Tea/ Kai Room TBC


W Concurrent Session 2A Moving from provisionally to fully registered teacher Zdenka Reading Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 2B Chair: TBC

4.00pm Connecting to self, others and the world through dance Jan Deans

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W Concurrent Session 2C Using children’s picture books in ECE settings to promote understanding of same sex

relationships and same sex parented families Janette Kelly Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 2D Connecting perspectives, knowledge and skills to identify speech, language and communication

support needs in early childhood contexts Dr Elizabeth Doell Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 2E Listening to the voices of immigrant parents in early childhood education Professor Joseph Tobin Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 2F In quest of pathways to inclusion: New methodologies to enable us to move ahead in our

capacity for multimodal listening Dr Linda Mitchell, Dr Jayne White, Maggie Haggerty Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 2G On the path to independence Carol Potts, Tia Wooller Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 2H

Te Whariki-based outdoor design for the long term (and the demise of Barkchipville) Mike Bedford, Julie Craig Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 2I Digital storytelling in the early years Naketa Ikihele Chair: TBC P Concurrent Session 2J Chair: TBC

4.00pm Letters and sounds: a quasi experimental study in five early childhood settings Assoc Prof Claire McLachlan 4.45pm Improving the quality of shared book reading experiences for students with Autism

Spectrum Disorders through dialogic reading Veronica Pamparo

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P Concurrent Session 2K Chair: TBC

4.00pm Supporting academic achievement of students from minority groups in a private training establishment

Lisa Walker, Nikki Going 4.45pm Nau he Kete Naku he kete: A case study of kete based approaches to teaching and

learning te reo Maori me ona tikanga Whaea Yo Heta-Lensen

P Concurrent Session 2L Chair: TBC

4.00pm Children’s participation: The key to the implementation of Te Whāriki Judy Layland

4.45pm The politics of home-based early childhood education and care in Aotearoa New Zealand

Penelope Janes, Liz Everiss, Jane Couch, Amanda McIntosh

P Concurrent Session 2M Chair: TBC

4.00pm Children tell about their well-being: A narrative approach Dr Sandy Farquhar, Prof Eila Estola 4.45pm Communication patterns within the groups of people who contribute to inclusive

early intervention programmes Lesley Dunn

S Concurrent Session 2N People, places and things - down south Michelle Clarke, Judy Brown, Julie Blake, Jocelyn Hinton

Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 2O Chair: TBC

4.00pm Titiro Whakamua: Looking ahead, do parents’ and teachers’ beliefs impact on children’s rights in transition to school?

Ramila Sadikeen

4.45pm Enhancing community wellness: Partnership with Whānau, children and teachers Dr Sarah Te One, Assoc Prof Judith Duncan

W Concurrent Session 2P Te Korowai o te tamaiti

Carol Smith, Lisa Smith, Maioha Holmes Chair: TBC

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W Concurrent Session 2Q Building Kaupapa Māori into early childhood education

Ngaroma Williams, Mary-Liz Broadley Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 2R Chair: TBC

4.00pm Exploring the teaching of effective approaches for assessing young Samoan children’s learning

Pauline Luafutu-Simpson, Hana Sei

4.45pm Addressing emotional well being for infants, toddlers and young children through the professional development of practitioners

Julia Manning-Morton

5.35pm Karakia

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DAY 2 WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL

Day TWO Wednesday, 27 April 2011

8.45am Karakia

9.00am Keynote Addresses (concurrently) Dr Kristie Pretti-Frontczak What do we know about learning to teach in early childhood education? Dr Joce Nuttall Chair: TBC

10.00am Morning Tea/ Kai

10.30am Concurrent Sessions 3 E Excursion 1 Journey to a natural world Stuart Guyton Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 3A Leading the leaders: Having professional conversations to support educational innovation Dr Ali Wegner, Nicki Chapman, Rose Coppen, Jocelyn Kidd, Robyn Leckie, Sue Morrissey Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 3B How much thought do we put into the worlds we create? Karen Laird Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 3D Beyond transitions: Building reciprocal relationships between kindergartens and local schools Raewyn Penman Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 3E Tautoko o ngā whānau – Family support in ECE Suzanne Manning Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 3F Infant and toddlers as learners: Pedagogy with the very young Assoc Prof Carmen Dalli , Keryn Doyle, Jean Rockel, Iris Duhn, Janita Craw Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 3G Wise hands wise minds Suzana Zaper, Josette Nunn Chair: TBC


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W Concurrent Session 3H Factors that contribute to Maori students’ high retention and completion rate Roimata Kirikiri, Drina Paratene, Anne Meade Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 3I Cyber and digital safety, YES, its every teacher’s business! Sharon Carlson Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 3J Chair: TBC

10.30am Pedagogical beliefs, programmes and pressures: Research into early childhood teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and understandings in Aotearoa/ New Zealand

Lia de Vocht- van Alphen, Diti Hill, Barbara Allan, Fiona Ellis

11.15am Not just in our heads: Interweaving theory and practice. A study of a continuous practicum in field based teacher education

Cheryl McConnell


10.30am Congolese refugee families’ aspirations for children and dreams for early childhood education

Dr Linda Mitchell, Amondi Ouko

11.15am Inclusion of children with Down Syndrome in early childhood settings: What are children learning from their experiences?

Dr Christine Rietveld

P Concurrent Session 3L 10.30am Qualified teachers in early childhood education: Messages from research Emeritus Professor Anne Smith Chair: TBC

11.15am Perspectives on non-contact time: Professional release time in Aotearoa New Zealand Rosemary Searle


10.30am The Carol White Family Centre: An intergenerational and international harbour, weaving and creating a safe haven within a diverse secondary school campus

Robyn Gerrity, Htwe Htwe Myint 11.15am Facilitating access to early intervention services through coordinating health and

education points of entry: a step towards a whânau ora approach Dr Susan Foster-Cohen, Stephanie Hauiti

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S Concurrent Session 3N Blended practices Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, Sue Thomas, Julia Woodward, Maureen Corby Chair: TBC P Concurrent Session 3O Chair: TBC

10.30am ’When I am a ’qualified’ teacher, I want to educate school age children’: Professional identities in early childhood education and care

Megan Gibson

11.15am Distributive Leadership: Leadership of curriculum, people or something else? Jenny Varney

W Concurrent Session 3P Using the media to get our messages across Stephanie Mills, Liz Brown Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 3Q Social justice in early childhood education Charlotte Robertson, Lia de Vocht-van Alphen Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 3R Chair: TBC10.30am Through a child’s eyes: An analysis of a day in an early childhood education and care

setting in New Zealand Dr Cynthia Prince

11.15am Younger and older together: Children’s interactions in a mixed-age early childhood

centre Tara Fagan

B Babies Movie

12.00pm Lunch/ Kai

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1.00pm Concurrent Session 4

W Concurrent Session 4A Leading and PLAY: making connections to move forward Fran Hurworth, Ingrid Chettleburgh Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 4B Chair: TBC

1.00pm Children’s ‘real questions’: Researching children’s inquiries in early childhood education

Dr Helen Hedges 1.45pm ’Just me show him’: The role of peers in children’s learning

Penny Smith

W Concurrent Session 4C Inspired by digital technology? Outcomes from the ECE ICT Professional Learning Programme Ann Hatherly, Dr Vince Ham Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 4D Nga Kete Manaakitanga: An innovative approach to assessment of te reo Maori me ona tikanga

in the early childhood teacher education programme at Te Whare Waananga o Wairaka, Unitec Institute of Technology

Yo Heta-Lensen, Nicole Job, Lee-Anne Turton Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 4E Symposium A: Children as leaders, decision-makers and advocates: play, spaces and pedagogy

Dr Margy Whalley, Kate Hayward, Felicity Norton, Joanne Benford, Dr Cath ArnoldChair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 4F Early childhood centres: The heart of communities Dr Judith Duncan, Prof Elizabeth Jones, Dr Fran Press, Sandra Wong, Debora Lee Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 4G Change is a funny thing! We fight so hard to ensure that things are comfortable and predictable.

But are they really comfortable? Do we want life to be so predictable? How might we support children to be successful twenty-first century learners?

Melissa Osmond, Lorraine Sands, Karen Fowler Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 4H Crime: What are the costs for children of prisoners? Charlotte Robertson Chair: TBC

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W Concurrent Session 4I Thinking about China: what did we learn in 2009 that is relevant for early childhood education

in Aotearoa/New Zealand today? Doreen Launder Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 4JChair: TBC

1.00pm Musical babies: Musical play paper / DVD presentation Julie Wylie, Louise Shand Van Tongeren

1.45pm Practising with respect: What does this mean for teachers working with infants and

toddlers Toni Christie


1.00pm ’I am five and I go to school’: The work and plays of early years schooling 1900-2010 Prof Helen May

1.45pm Teachers’ views about practising for inclusion in New Zealand early childhood

settings: Policies, practices and possibilities Nicola Surtees, Dr Kerry Purdue, Dr Alex Gunn, Diane Gordon-Burns


1.00pm Cultivating teacher presence through play Julie Killick 1.45pm Getting down to the child’s level: Some questions concerning measurement and the

spaces between adults and children Dr Andrew Gibbons


1.00pm Leading professional learning communities Dr Kate Thornton, Deborah Wansbrough

1.45pm Where can bilingual Pasifika student teachers find an anchorage for their canoes in Teacher Education Programmes?

Patisepa Tuafuti, Nola Harvey

S Concurrent Session 4N Chair: TBC

Combined Symposium: New Zealand and Australia Discussions: Across the Waters: From New Zealand to New Brunswick -Curricular Dilemmas Pam Whitty, Sherry Rose

Where do I fit in? Arriving in Australia and arriving at school: Supporting families, children and teachers

Dr Katey De Gioia

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1.00pm Through their lens: An inquiry into the formal education and care of infants and toddlers

Dr Janis Carroll-Lind

1.45pm Researching an everyday kindergarten teacher in Wellington (1938-1946): New liaisons, new stories

Dr Kerry Bethell, Dr Alison Sewell

S Concurrent Session 4P Education for sustainability, our journey

Marion Dekker, Julie Sullivan, Mary Kirk, Kathryn Hart, Annette Sheehy Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 4Q He Purakau Ora / Living Stories - Looking closer at how purakau Maori can influence teaching

and learning practice Henare Gurney, Fiona MacKay, Roxy Burt, Rowena Murray Chair: TBC P Concurrent Session 4R Chair: TBC

1.00pm From the very beginning: ‘Once upon a time’ right through to ‘The end’. What grows an avid reader Celeste Harrington, Joanne Alderson

1.45pm ’I am going across the water. A goblin is coming to get you’: The contemporary child’s art and connection making experiences within an increasingly visual world.

Jannie Visser

B Babies Movie

2.35pm Keynote Address The marginalisation of families in education Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi

3.35pm Afternoon Tea/ Kai


W Concurrent Session 5A How we, as early childhood teachers, promote continuity for our children and whânau when

they transition to school Julia Martin Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 5B Step out of the waka and walk carefully upon the land. The journey of sustainability with St

James Kindergarten Shelley Jolly, Elaine Smith Chair: TBC

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W Concurrent Session 5C Developing Pasifika kindergartens Caroline Mareko, Amanda Coulston Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 5D From frustration to freedom: Teacher inquiry- A model for professional learning Natalie Cook, Tina Doyle-Salisbury Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 5E Insights from research on inclusive education for disabled children and their families Bernadette Macartney, Dr Kerry Purdue, Dr Christine Rietveld, Lesley Lyons, Jude MacArthur Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 5F Symposium B: Parents, families, practitioners and researchers: developing emancipatory

research methodologies Dr Margy Whalley, Eddie McKinnon, Kate Hayward, Ellen Wallace, Dr Cath Arnold

Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 5G Writing for an audience of three: What are examiners looking for in a thesis? Dr Joce Nuttall, Assoc Prof Judith Duncan Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 5H Infants and toddlers as learners: Pedagogy in the first years from a teacher’s perspective Katherine Bussey, Ania Wojcikowski Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 5I On the mat - Wrestling with the BIG ONE! Kathryn Delany


4.00pm Newly qualified ECE teachers are being promoted into positions of leadership quickly. How does this impact on positive outcomes for children? Michael Campbell

4.45pm What can we learn about leadership development programmes and educational leaders’ experiences in UK and US? Deborah Wansbrough

P Concurrent Session 5K 4.00pm Diversity and inclusion in a bicultural setting: Catering for all learners through the

use of behaviour specific praise in an early childhood setting, does it work? Thecla Moffat

4.45pm Constructions of personal professional identities by newly qualified early childhood teachers through facilitated self-study

Alison Warren

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4.00pm Beyond competence: professional capabilities and practice-based evidence in early childhood Dr Mathias Urban

4.45pm What changes teachers? Conceptual leap in pedagogy toward collaborative learning Dr Chiharu Uchida


4.00pm Supporting the transition to school: Messages from the research literature Dr Sally Peters


4.00pm Transforming practice, supporting change - establishing a pedagogical think tank for Gowrie Victoria (Australia) Carol I’Anson, Catharine Hydon

4.45pm Reggio Emilia pedagogy in Aotearoa/New Zealand: The transfer of practices or the

transformation of ideas? Diti Hill, Chris Bayes

P Concurrent Session 5P Chair: TBC

4.00pm Inclusion in early childhood education: Interprofessional training for early intervention teachers

Assoc Prof Kathleen Liberty, Dr Valerie Margrain

4.45pm Children’s art and children’s voices: A mirror of the child’s thinking in and through the visual arts

Nicky Lautour, Dr Beverley Clark W Concurrent Session 5Q Writing well to express your opinion, advocate and inform

Dr Sarah Farquhar, Arwen Hann Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 5R Chair: TBC

4.00pm Te Pito Mata - A research project about the potential of Paki Ako, a narrative assessment tool

Brenda Soutar, Mana Tamariki, Margaret Carr, Wendy Lee

4.45pm Can my canoe reach the land? Bilingual teachers as navigators bring the canoe ashore

Nola Harvey

5.35pm Karakia

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DAY 3 THURSDAY 28 APRIL

Day THREE Thursday, 28 April 2011

8.45am Karakia

9.00am Keynote Addresses (concurrently) Prof Margaret Sims Dr Manulani Meyer


10.30am Concurrent Sessions 6

E Excursion 2 Making indoor and outdoor spaces for learning communities Ali Wegner, Nicki Chapman, Rose Coppen, Jocelyn Kidd, Robyn Leckie, Sue Morrissey

W Concurrent Session 6A Flying with Penguins: What it means to be literate in a digital world Tara Fagan, Tania Coutts P Concurrent Session 6B Chair: TBC

10.30am Scientific literacy: Supporting children’s curiosity and working theories to foster scientific literacy

Karen Miller

11.15am Bush Kindergarten in urban Auckland Karen Ramsey

W Concurrent Session 6C Our land, our stories Robyn Leckie Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 6D Bicultural journey of implementation

Andy Cairns, Lynette Wray Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 6E Symposium Part A: Pedagogies for sustainability within early childhood education in Aotearoa Chair: TBC

Building sustainable communities in early childhood education in Aotearoa Marina Bachmann, Kate Harris, Dr Iris Duhn Making connections: Thinking ecological sustainability in, through and with visual art Janita Craw Thinking of Children: Democratic approaches with children in participatory research Glynne Mackey, Sue Vaealiki


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S Concurrent Session 6F ’Auf Fröbels Spuren’ - In the footsteps of Froebel Prof Helen May, Dr Kerry Bethell Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 6G Crossing borders: Building connections to support children and families moving ahead in the

transition to school Carol Hartley, Pat Rogers, Jemma Smith Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 6H Musical babies: Musical play Julie Wylie, Louise Shand Van Tongeren Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 6I Nothing stands alone: How do we balance the role of the key teacher alongside infant, toddlers

and young children’s place in a community of learners? Karen Fowler, Melissa Osmond, Lorraine Sands Chair: TBC P Concurrent Session 6J Chair: TBC

10.30am Talking about social studies in the early childhood curriculum - a process of meaning making Shelley Sugrue

11.15am Ako korero, Ako kaitiakitanga o Nuku mo nga rangatahi. Teaching and learning conversations about guardianship of Papatuanuku ( nature) for the next generation Edit. Tamariki, nga kaitiaki o te whenua. Children guardians of the land Carolyn O’Connor


10.30am Transitions that build inclusion Bronwyn Glass

11.15am Me mahi tahi tātou. Me ako tahi tātou. Hei oranga mo tātou tamariki, mokopuna. We must work and learn together for the well-being of our grandchildren. Examination of Te Whāriki Kaupapa Whakahaere of Ngā Hononga and Whānau Tangata in a mainstream kindergarten Ramila Sadikeen

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10.30am Newcomers’ experience of early childhood initial teacher education in Aotearoa: Connections and possibilities Darcey M Dachyshyn

11.15am Critical multiculturalism: A framework to work with diverse immigrant families Angel Chan

S Concurrent Session 6N Kids go bush: Pedagogical provocations in outdoor education for sustainability Janette Kelly, Dr Jayne White Chair: TBC

P Concurrent Session 6O 10.30am A pedagogy of the body: Visions of justice for infants and toddlers Adrienne Sansom, Jean Rockel Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 6P Early childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand 1985 - 2015: People, policy, professionalism and

progress Dr Alexandra Gunn, Dr Mere Skerrett, Colleen Lockie

Chair: TBC P Concurrent Session 6Q

1030am ‘On the edge thinking’ about the relevance of professional development in the changing world of the 21st century.

Robyn Lawrence Chair: TBC

B Babies Movie

12.00pm Lunch/ Kai


W Concurrent Session 7A The KTA (Kindergarten Teachers’ Association) history project Dr Sarah Te One, Assoc Prof Judith Duncan, Kenda Kittelty Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 7B E-Portfolios in the early years: Documentation for life-long learning

Sheree Teau, Alana Lupton, Angela Hogan, Phillipa Collins Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 7C Involving a community of learners in designing and creating an outdoor environment that

complements Tai Poutini Maureen Ching Chair: TBC

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W Concurrent Session 7D Making learning visible

Paula Hunt, Claire Jongepier Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 7E Symposium Part B: Pedagogies for sustainability within early childhood education in Aotearoa Chair: TBC

Kaitiakitanga as Tika - Rights and Responsibilities for Future Generations Cheryl Rau, Judith Nowatarski, Joy Rangi Sustainability and relationality within early childhood education settings in Aotearoa Jenny Ritchie

Give peace a voice: Making connections between education for sustainability, peace education and narrative assessment documentation in the Aotearoa/New Zealand context

Colleen Lockie, Ki Mansell, Kim Tenebaum, Rosalie Ardagh W Concurrent Session 7G Peaceful caregiving - a practical approach to primary care

Gemma Rudd Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 7I Cultural diversity in ECE - Challenge and opportunity Shyami Fernando Chair: TBC


1.00pm Will education for sustainability in early childhood education make a difference? Margie Taylor


1.00pm Playgroups - What are we trying to achieve here? Michael Gaffney

1.45pm ’Our Neighbourhood’- Nature based education with toddlers Amy Mitchell-King, Lex Littler


1.00pm Auckland Kindergartens’ involvement in Incredible Years Programme – the incredible impacts on children’s social behaviour and teachers’ practice

Katie Marshall, Jean Elmer

1.45pm Cultural influence on peer affiliation in early childhood settings Karen Liang Guo

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1.00pm Akobarn: A collaborative teaching-research project between New Zealand and New Zealand

Dr Valerie Margrain, Dr Elizabeth Mellgren

1.45pm Children who experience disability talk about their civil participation in physiotherapy

Kate Waterworth

W Concurrent Session 7N Evidence of meeting fully registered teacher criteria

Deborah Wansbrough Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 7Q Collaboration in ECE: Is it realistic? The SPACE NZ example Justine Jones, Truus Dingemanse, Leanne Dawson Chair: TBC

B Babies Movie

2.35pm Keynote Address Clare Wells

3.35pm Afternoon Tea/ Kai


W Concurrent Session 8A The Four Track Framework: Strengthening assessment, documentation, and parent/whanau

involvement Lisa York-Jones Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 8B Getting started with schemas Nikolien Van Wijk Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 8C Te Tari Puna Ora’s National approach to communities of inquiry Dr Anne Meade, Barbara Allan, Cheryl Rau, Gwen Davitt Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 8D How can pakeha early childhood teacher practice be informed by Kaupapa Maori Philosophy? Pauline Bishop Chair: TBC

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S Concurrent Session 8E Symposium Part C: A whanau-inclusive peace curriculum for early childhood settings Dr Jenny Ritchie, Colleen Lockie, Cheryl Rau, Pauline Bishop , Alyn Ware, Glynne Mackey Chair: TBC

S Concurrent Session 8F Being in nature - down south Pam Wilson, Claire Maley-Shaw, Denise Knight Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 8G The pedagogy of children’s conflict in early childhood settings “With no power comes no

responsibility” Meg Moss Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 8H Turning waste into treasures Adam Buckingham Chair: TBC

W Concurrent Session 8I Language development in a curriculum of care Katherine Bussey Chair: TBC


4.00pm Unpicking the patchwork: Early childhood teachers enacting leadership through the introduction of the Preparatory Year in Queensland

Dr Lyndal O’Gorman, Dr Louise Hard

4.45pm An investigation into the benefits of peer coaching for tertiary students: Students supporting students

Tracey Hooker


4.00pm Developments in Kindergarten Provision and Operation: Findings from a 2010 Survey of NZKI Associations

Claire Davison, Dr Linda Mitchell, Dr Mira Peter


4.00pm Logan’s legacy Bronwyn Glass

4.45pm New directions in integrated early childhood services in Ontario, Canada: From research on community connections to policy change

Prof Carl Corter

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4.00pm Overcoming deficit reliance: A model for action development Chris Jenkin, Dr Jens Hansen

4.45pm Creating a place to ’be’: Parent’s views of parent support and facilitation in three Australian supported playgroups

Dr Dianne Jackson

S Concurrent Session 8N Chair: TBC

DOCTORAL THESIS SYMPOSIUM 2: Perilous play: Cultural constructions of risk in the New Zealand and Japanese early childhood

sector Rachael Burke

The changes of ’Yuugi’ in the first Japanese kindergarten through the Meiji Era (1868-1912 ) Yoshihide Kaneko

Assessment continuity over the time in New Zealand ECEC: Analyzed from the perspective of a Japanese researcher

Yuki Iino

W Concurrent Session 8P Transforming Tamaki together: Early childhood education in Tamaki

Naketa Ikihele Chair: TBC W Concurrent Session 8Q Inclusive Practices - The role of the Education Support Worker (ESW)/Teacher Aid (TA) Julia Woodward, Jacqui Heywood Chair: TBC

5.35pm Karakia

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DAY 4 FRIDAY 29 APRIL

Day FOUR Friday, 29 April 2011

8.45am Karakia

9.00am Regional Roundup


10.45am Plenary

12.15pm Closing

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Day ONE Tuesday, 26 April 2011 - Conference Innovators DAY 1 TUESDAY 26 APRIL Day ONE Tuesday, 26 April 2011 10.30am Powhiri Room TBC 12.00pm Lunch/ Kai Room TBC 1.00pm Keynote Address