<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article draws from experiences in an ongoing study of children’s narrative competence in the early years across early childhood education and school settings. Focusing on the research as it is being conducted in the early childhood context (a kindergarten), the paper inquires into what it means to do research in education settings where curriculum is constituted as everything that happens there, and principles of curriculum demand empowering, responsive and reciprocal, inclusive and holistic practices. Questions of research ethics, children’s rights to assent or dissent to participate, to learn about the findings and consequences of the research, and to have the research recognised as curriculum experience are raised. Sitting at the intersection of research work and pedagogical/curriculum work the paper explores lessons from New Zealand of striving towards a fuller curriculum policy implementation and of addressing demands for ethical research practices with children who are very young.</p></abstract>

This article draws from experiences in an ongoing study of children’s narrative competence in the early years across early childhood education and school settings. Focusing on the research as it is being conducted in the early childhood context (a kindergarten), the paper inquires into what it means to do research in education settings where curriculum is constituted as everything that happens there, and principles of curriculum demand empowering, responsive and reciprocal, inclusive and holistic practices. Questions of research ethics, children’s rights to assent or dissent to participate, to learn about the findings and consequences of the research, and to have the research recognised as curriculum experience are raised. Sitting at the intersection of research work and pedagogical/curriculum work the paper explores lessons from New Zealand of striving towards a fuller curriculum policy implementation and of addressing demands for ethical research practices with children who are very young.

Research work as curriculum work in New Zealand early childhood settings: What should be taught and learned?

University of Otago, College of Education, 145 Union St East, Dunedin, PO Box 56, New Zealand

Journal of Pedagogy

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This article draws from experiences in an ongoing study of children’s narrative competence in the early years across early childhood education and school...

Research work as curriculum work in New Zealand early childhood settings: What should be taught and learned?

Published Online: Mar 05, 2016

Page range: 103 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jped-2015-0016

Keywords
research ethics, children’s voice, research dissemination, New Zealand, early childhood education, Te Whāriki

© by Alexandra C. Gunn

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Research work as curriculum work in New Zealand early childhood settings: What should be taught and learned?

Published Online: Mar 05, 2016

Page range: 103 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jped-2015-0016

Keywordsresearch ethics, children’s voice, research dissemination, New Zealand, early childhood education, Te Whāriki

© by Alexandra C. Gunn

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
research ethics, children’s voice, research dissemination, New Zealand, early childhood education, Te Whāriki