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Playcentre is an early childhood education and parenting organisation which operates parent-led early childhood education centres throughout New Zealand and offers parents the opportunity to gain a Diploma in ''Early Childhood and Adult Education''.〔http://www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=505&id1=PC9565&id3=8809〕 When the first playcentre was opened in 1941 the prevailing philosophy in New Zealand child education was that education did not really start until children entered the formal, disciplinarian, school system. Playcentres instead recognised the value of early child education and specifically the educational value of child-initiated play. Playcentre is indigenous to New Zealand,〔http://www.playcentre.org.nz/history.php〕 but is now also established in Japan.〔http://playcentre.org.nz/news.php?a=118&id=&assocID=&national=〕 Their mission is stated as "Whānau Tupu Ngātahi - Families growing together." ==History and spread== The movement started during the Second World War to provide a break for mothers as well as means to allow for the social development of the child within a cooperative environment. The first such playcentre was established in 1941 in the Wellington suburb of Karori.〔Densem, A. & Chapman, B. (2000). Learning together: The Playcentre Way. Auckland: New Zealand Playcentre Federation. ISBN 0-908609-36-1 p35〕 From the start each playcentre was a community driven initiative, organised by parents, utilising existing premises (e.g. church or community halls) and using parents as teachers. This allowed the easy spread of the movement, now encompassing over 450 centres around New Zealand and explains why they are the dominant provider of early childhood education in rural areas.〔 Gwen Somerset, Joan Wood, Inge Smithells and Beatrice Beeby were among the founders of the organisation. The Playcentre model has been copied by groups in other countries, including the Japan Playcentre Association.〔http://www8.plala.or.jp/playcentre/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Playcentre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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