EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SIG

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Early Childhood Special Interest Group Hui Monday 28 November

THE 2011 NZARE Conferenceand Annual Meeting will be held Tuesday 29 November to Thursday 1 December in Tauranga. An Early Childhood Special Interest Group Hui will be held prior to the conference on Monday 28 November. Theme: "Politics, Practices and Research: Keeping it real." Keynote Speakers: Associate Professor Dr Jennie Ritchie, UNITEC, and Dr Janis Carroll-Lind, Research Leader, Te Tari Puna Ora NZCA.

Call for Abstracts – NZARE Early Childhood Education SIG Hui Abstracts are now invited and closes Thursday 1 September 2011. The Hui provides a forum to share and engage in critical discussion around research in the early childhood education sector. Two types of sessions are planned: round-table discussions and paper presentations. New and experienced researchers are invited to submit an abstract. Abstracts can be submitted at http://www.eenz.com/nzare11 > Call for Papers > TO SUBMIT - ECE Hui

» Download ECE Hui Call for Abstracts 2011 (PDF 80KB)

All abstracts (max. 400 words) should address the following:

• Background to the research
• Focus of the inquiry
• Methodological issues
• Theoretical framework
• Dilemmas or innovations to be discussed

Decision on the acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to presenters by mid September.

ECE Hui Presentations

Round Table Discussion

Round Table discussions are 45 minute sessions designed to allow presenters and participants to engage in dialogue over particular research/methodological issues, dilemmas or innovations raised by the presenter. The presenter is required to prepare and present a 15 minute summary of the issue, dilemma or innovation for discussion in context of their research. They then facilitate a 25 minute critical discussion with the participants around what has been presented. The final 5 minutes is allowed for summarising discussion/wrapping-up the session. Round Table discussions may be presented and facilitated by more than one person. Presenters of similar issues, dilemmas or innovations may be invited to form a symposium.

Paper

Paper presentations are 45 minute sessions designed to provide the opportunity for those who wish to share their research in full presentation style and are unlikely to be presenting this work at the Conference. Presenters are asked to allow 10-15 minutes for questions/discussion. This format may be of most interest to Post-graduate and practitioner researchers. Papers may be presented by more than one person.

Past events and information

» Early Childhood SIG archive 2008 | 2009 | 2010

Contacts

The convenors of the Early Childhood Special Interest Group is Sonja Arndt and Sarah Te One.

	Sonja Arndt New Zealand Tertiary College Email: sonja.k.arndt@gmail.com
	Sarah Te One Victoria University of Wellington Email: sarah.teone@vuw.ac.nz