Communication and Listening as the Methods of Collaborative Partnerships with, Child’s Parents, Early Childhood Teacher and Early Childhood Children
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This article aims to clarify the term of collaborative partnerships and exemplify and analyze effective approaches for collaborative partnerships. With regards to New Zealand’s early childhood curriculum, collaborative partnerships between early childhood (EC) sectors (including EC centres and teachers), EC children, child’s parents are significant to support child’s learning and development as well as support the child’s parents’ well-being. Hence, the curriculum encourages EC centres and teachers to create partnerships with the EC children, their parents. The collaborative partnerships allow the EC sectors to learn and understand the needs, interests and background of each child as well as their parents. This information assists the EC teachers to support the child’s learning. Although there are a number of ways that the EC sectors can create relationship and collaborate with the EC children and their parents. This article will exemplify two approaches which can result in effective collaboration comprising communication and listening. Although these methods are efficient, there are some barriers limiting child’s parents to communicate with the EC teachers.
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