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Early Childhood Education: Recent submissions
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(Ubiquity Press, 2024-07)BACKGROUND : The implementation of task sharing and shifting (TSTS) policy as a way of addressing the shortage of physicians and reducing the burden of hypertension in Africa birthed the idea of the African School of ...
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(Springer, 2024)PURPOSE : Transracial adoption (TRA), where parents from one race adopt a child from another race, usually occurs with Black children being adopted by White parents in South Africa. METHOD : Using multiple case ...
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(Education Association of South Africa, 2024-08)With this article we aimed to contribute evidence on reliable and valid measurement of teacher resilience in an under researched African context and population. Scales from an existing instrument, ENTREEi, were used to ...
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(Scriber Editorial Systems, 2024-08)The concept of hope, from both a secular and Christian perspective, has been debated in many disciplines for centuries. Ideas around the phenomenon of hope have recently expanded in the field of education, owing to the ...
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(University of Kwazulu-Natal, 2021)Good quality education is usually considered a great ‘equaliser’, yet bridging the inequality gaps in South Africa seems to be an impossible task. Effective Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes have a positive ...
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(University of Venda, 2023-12)Internationally, the focus on parents in their variety of forms and how to enable their resourcefulness continues to invite debate in early childhood development (ECD). In South Africa, the change in the function shift in ...
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(Routledge, 2024)To develop gender equality, teacher perception and pedagogical practices need to be challenged. This article sets out to explore challenging early childhood development (ECD) teachers’ perceptions and pedagogical practices ...
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The reality of transitioning from orphanages to family homes : life in extended families in Zimbabwe (Sage, 2024-03)SUMMARY : Many young orphans in Zimbabwe grow up in residential care facilities, but according to governmental policies and literature in this field, these children should be transitioned to extended families to ensure ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-08)Early childhood development is a crucial factor in determining the later successes in a toddler’s life. The active involvement of parents and teachers provide toddlers with the support and confidence to use language ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-06-01)In the 21st century, preschools (also known as ECD centres in my dissertation) have taken on a heightened responsibility to ensure that young children from birth to four years old receive quality learning. The relationship ...
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(Sage, 2024)Preachers are professional voice users (PVUs) who regularly experience high vocal demands, often leading to vocal difficulties or disorders. Research has established that this often occurs due to a lack of sufficient ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-05-17)The study investigated the dynamics of parent‒educator relationships on the academic performance of learners in the Foundation Phase. The purpose of the study was to establish how parents and educators comprehend their ...
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(OpenED Network, 2024-02)Government sectors responsible for early childhood development (ECD) often have competing priorities and obligations which manifest through fragmentation, silo conflicts, and power dynamics, thus failing to implement ECD ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11)Improving the qualifications of ECD practitioners is recognised by education specialists and researchers in the field as one of the measures to improve the quality of ECD programmes in general, and the educational preparation ...
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(Elsevier, 2024)BACKGROUND : Nurses are key healthcare professionals in service provision to infants and their families in neonatal intensive care units and are pivotal in observing parental involvement in their infant’s care. The COVID-19 ...
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(University of Venda, 2023)Social ills are increasing globally, necessitating higher education and teacher-training institutions to produce teachers with specific attributes to address the challenges. The University of Pretoria employs a triple ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-06)Parents and teachers of young children do not always understand the impact of play and learning on young children. Parents of young children often consider play and learning separate entities and ignore the natural benefits ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-01-12)BACKGROUND : Within the multilingual context of KwaZulu Natal (KZN), learners in Grades 1–3 are taught in their native language which is isiZulu. From Grade 4, English or Afrikaans becomes the medium of instruction. Yet, ...
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The association between parental conflict and aggressive behaviour among young children in Botswana (University of Pretoria, 2023)Research has revealed that parental conflicts can lead to devastating effects on the well-being and social behaviour of children. In recent decades, aggressive behaviour has become a focus of scientific interest, mainly ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-10-05)Challenging teacher perceptions and pedagogical practices is paramount to gender equality in early childhood development. Teachers’ perceptions and pedagogical practices entrench stereotypical gender identities. The rationale ...
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