Explorations of Democracy, Belonging and Relationships with Land

Linda MitchellLinda Mitchell is Retired Professor and Honorary Fellow, at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.Raella KahuroaRaella Kahuroa (Ngāti Kahungungu) is a lecturer and researcher in early childhood education at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.Amanda BatemanAmanda Bateman is a Professor of Early Years at Birmingham City University, England, having worked at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato.Bronwen CowieBronwen Cowie is an Emeritus Professor at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.Olivera KamenaracOlivera Kamenarac is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Southern Cross University, Australia after working at Te Whare Wānanga, University of Waikato.Elaine KhooElaine Khoo is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Education at Massey University, New Zealand after working at Te Whare Wānanga, University of Waikato.Hoana McMillanHoana McMillan (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a lecturer and kaupapa Māori researcher at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.Lesley Kay RamekaLesley Rameka (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tukorehe) has recently retired from her roles as a Senior Research Fellow and Kaupapa Māori researcher at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, University of Waikato, in Aotearoa New Zealand.

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsAuthor biographiesChapter 1: Introduction. Setting the sceneBackgroundConceptual framingDefinitionsOutline/structure of the bookTheme 1: Democracy in educationChapter 2: Democracy as a value and purpose for a public education systemChapter 3: Early childhood education creating a worldChapter 4: Creating a democratic living philosophy (a new chapter with Berhampore Kgtn)Chapter 5: Kōhanga reo and transformational directions for educationChapter 6: Teachers as democratic professionals and the child as citizenTheme 2: Belonging, connections to others and the environmentChapter 7: A human rights analysis of early childhood policyChapter 8: Pōwhiri – the traditional māori ceremony of welcome as a process for supporting belongingChapter 9: Participation in cultural processes of food preparation and belongingChapter 10: Connecting homeland with EC settingsTheme 3: Relationships with landChapter 11: Ko au te whenua, ko te whenua ko au – I am the land and the land is meChapter 12: Walking with young children to story and read the landChapter 13: Maunganui Kindergarten: Developing connectedness with land and with peopleTheme 4: Renewing the thinking and practice of democracy in researching early childhood education. Research as a palimpsest Chapter 14. Research partnerships for exploring pedagogical practice in Aotearoa New ZealandChapter 15. Research as a palimpsest. Possibilities for research, pedagogy and policyGlossary References for all chapters

'A timely book that brings together a body of knowledge from across Aotearoa New Zealand and in so doing adds to the country's unique contribution to global education and care with young children. There are messages here to help rethink and reinvigorate urgent questions about democracy, belonging and sustainability.'Dr Alison Clark, Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of South-Eastern Norway.