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Direct linkBust, Ella; Pedro, Athena – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
In South Africa, the mother-infant relationship is often conceptualized using international frameworks. Yet, contextual knowledge of mother-infant bonding is essential, as a strong mother-infant bond enhances a mother's capacity to care for her infant, and is associated with many positive child development outcomes. Community health workers work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Infants
Download full textKarisa, Amani; Samuels, Chantal; Watermeyer, Brian; McKenzie, Judith; Vergunst, Richard – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: South Africa has migrated the responsibility for early childhood development (ECD) centres from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Basic Education. This functional shift has ushered in consultations and discussions on how best to implement ECD, including opportunities the change may bring. Aim: By anchoring the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children
Anakpo, Godfred; Kollamparambil, Umakrishnan – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: Child development and life outcomes are partly linked to prenatal and maternal conditions such as mother's age at birth. Thus, the issue of teenage motherhood has attracted significant concern from researchers and policymakers because of its potential implications for children. The existing literature on effects of teenage motherhood…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Parenthood, Adolescents, Well Being
Newton, William Isaac; Candiracci, Sara – Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2020
This publication presents the challenges and opportunities confronting early childhood development in vulnerable urban contexts, derived from specialised research by Arup and the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF). The data is clear: vulnerable urban areas such as refugee and informal settlements house a growing population in critical need, and…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, At Risk Persons, Child Development, Young Children
Atmore, Eric; van Niekerk, Lauren-Jayne; Ashley-Cooper, Michaela – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2012
In this review article, the context of young children in South Africa in 2012 is described and the main challenges affecting children and the early childhood development sector (ECD) in South Africa are investigated. A situation analysis of ECD in South Africa was undertaken using South African government ECD policy and programme implementation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Development
Wehman, Therese; Savage, Michael; White, Jeanne; Lee, Nancy; Grimes, Judy – International Research and Review, 2011
This interdisciplinary cross-cultural research project surveyed teachers in elementary schools in five countries: South Africa, Australia, Jamaica, England, and the United States. This study attempted to define and identify best practices used in teaching children considered to be "at-risk" in these five countries: Three research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedRickards, Jinny – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1993
Addresses the topics of young children's survival, protection, and development in South Africa. Drawing from the findings of an analysis of the situation of women and children in South Africa, discusses children's health and children's rights, and offers suggestions for protecting children. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare
Lansdown, Gerison – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2005
"Can You Hear Me? The Right of Young Children to Participate in Decisions Affecting Them" emphasises that participation enhances children's self-esteem and confidence, promotes their overall capacities, produces better outcomes, strengthens understanding of and commitment to democratic processes and protects children more effectively.…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Young Children, Participative Decision Making, Child Development
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation,"…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach
