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Ms Benita Kaye Rarere-Briggs

School of Teacher Education

Fields of Research

  • Inclusive education in early childhood
  • Culturally inclusive pedagogies

Researcher Summary

My writing and research interests are currently centred on children with disabilities and access and participation in early childhood  educational settings.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Publications


  • Rarere-Briggs, B., Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2012) 'Do I accommodate his developmental age or do I want him to be with his peers?' (In)exclusionary discourses used in early childhood settings and their implications for teacher education. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood 10(1): 37-59. (Journal Article)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2012) Key factors in creating inclusive early childhood settings for children with disabilities and their families. In D. Gordon-Burns, A.C. Gunn, K. Purdue and N. Surtees (Ed.), Te Aotūroa Tātaki: Inclusive early childhood education: Perspectives on inclusion, social justice and equity from Aotearoa New Zealand: 155-173. Wellington: NZCER Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Stark, R., Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B. and Turnock, K. (2011) "I'm scared of that baby (child with disabilities)": Children's understandings and experiences of disability, inclusion and exclusion in early childhood education. Melbourne, Australia: Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 11, 18-19 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Turnock, K., Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B. and Stark, R. (2011) "I'm scared of that baby": How adults and environments contribute to children's positive or negative understandings and experiences of disability in early childhood. New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education (14): 23-37. (Journal Article)
  • Stark, R., Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B. and Turnock, K. (2011) Other parents' perceptions of disability and inclusion in early childhood education: Implications for the teachers' role in creating inclusive communities. He Kupu 2(4): 4-18. http://www.hekupu.ac.nz/Journal%20files/Issue1%20March%202011/1.pdf. (Journal Article)
  • Rarere-Briggs, B. and Stark, R. (2011) Shaking our complacency: Reflections of our silencing and privileging of the Treaty of Waitangi-te Tiriti o Waitangi within a teacher education course. Melbourne, Australia: Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 11, 18-19 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Purdue, K., Gordon-Burns, D., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2010) "Do I accommodate his developmental age or do I want him to be with his peers?" Disability discourses and theories of child development used in early childhood settings: Implications for the teaching and inclusion of children with disabilities. Melbourne, Australia: Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 10, 18-20 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Purdue, K., Gordon-Burns, D., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2010) Quality early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Implications of a sociocultural curriculum. Christchurch, New Zealand: Early Childhood Council Annual Conference, 7-9 May 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2010) Quality inclusive early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Implications of a sociocultural curriculum. Christchurch, New Zealand: 12th Annual New Zealand Early Childhood Research Symposium, 6 May 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2010) Quality inclusive early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Learning from research. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood 8(1): 53-68. (Journal Article)