Food Reciprocity and Sustainability in Early Childhood Care and Education in Aotearoa New Zealand

Autor/in	Ritchie, Jenny
Titel	Food Reciprocity and Sustainability in Early Childhood Care and Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 31 (2015) 1, S.74-85 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
DOI	10.1017/aee.2014.46
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Early Childhood Education; Teaching Methods; Indigenous Populations; Pacific Islanders; Culturally Relevant Education; Social Values; Food; Sustainability; Environmental Education; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sinti und Roma; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Sozialer Wert; Lebensmittel; Nachhaltigkeit; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Neuseeland
Abstract	This article offers a perspective from early childhood care and education in Aotearoa New Zealand. It draws from the data of four recent studies to demonstrate pedagogical practices informed by Indigenous (Maori) perspectives. Maori values, such as "manaakitanga" (caring, hospitality, generosity) and "whanaungatanga" (relatedness), are shown featuring in routines focused on provision of food and serving as a key focus of early childhood education for sustainability. It is argued that providing opportunities for children to become engaged with growing, cooking and sharing food enables them to operationalise compassion towards themselves, others and the environment, reconnecting with the source of their food and demonstrating generosity and care to others (both human and more-than-human) in their communities. This can be viewed as a pedagogical response to the increasing encroachment of neoliberalism, with its incumbent individualism and lack of collectivist consciousness or concern for the environment, into education settings. Furthermore, drawing upon Indigenous perspectives honours traditional, localised wisdom regarding sustainability practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01