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dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Alan
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-19T04:34:07Z
dc.date.available2013-09-19T04:34:07Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/2324
dc.description.abstractThe National Equal Opportunities Network (NEON), a partnership between the Human Rights Commission and the EEO Trust,3 argues that the provision of high-quality, affordable, accessible and available early childhood education benefits both young children and their parents, and ultimately the community. They give particular attention to the lack of provision of early childhood care and education places in rural and low-income areas, and the gender imbalance in carer roles that still operates as a cultural norm. There has been confusion in recent early childhood education policy as to the value to society of provision. This confusion has centred around the dual aims of meeting the needs of children and families for quality education and care; and providing support to families and the economy by providing adequate early childhood services for young children and thus freeing workers for the workforce. The focus in this chapter is on the causes and consequences of under-provision of early childhood education. The chapter first provides an overview of early childhood education in New Zealand. The second section, “To those that have, more shall be given”, digs deeper into the data, and focuses particularly on under-provision in low-income and rural communities.en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjectunder-provisionen_NZ
dc.subjectearly childhood educationen_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_NZ
dc.subjectlow-income communitiesen_NZ
dc.subjectrural communitiesen_NZ
dc.titleLeft Further Behind : How New Zealand is failing its children. Chapter 15: Early childhood care and educationen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
dc.rights.holderAuthorsen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Māori)en_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRitchie, J, & Johnson, A . (2011). Early childhood care and education. In C. Dale, M. O'Brien, & S. St. John (Eds.), Left Further Behind: How New Zealand is failing its children. (pp. 159-175). Auckland, New Zealand: Child Poverty Action Group Inc.en_NZ
unitec.institutionUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.publication.titleLeft Further Behind: How New Zealand is failing its childrenen_NZ
unitec.peerreviewedyesen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.institution.studyareaEducation


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