TY - BOOK AU - Kane,Ruth ED - New Zealand. ED - New Zealand Teachers Council TI - Perceptions of teachers and teaching: a focus on early childhood education : report to the Ministry of Education SN - 0478138652 AV - LB1775.4.N5 K161 2008 U1 - 371.100993 22 PY - 2008///] CY - [Wellington, N.Z.] PB - Ministry of Education KW - Early childhood teachers KW - New Zealand KW - Attitudes KW - Public opinion KW - Teaching KW - Education and state KW - Recruiting KW - Training of N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-72); Also available via internet N2 - "The Perceptions of Teachers and Teaching research project (Kane and Mallon, 2006) was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Teachers Council to examine the relationships between key groups' perceptions of teachers and teachers' work, and the recruitment, retention, performance and capability, and professional status of teachers. In 2007 the Ministry of Education commissioned a re-analysis of data from this study to focus on ECE. That re-analysis is presented in this report"--P. iii ER -