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Publication Date: 2016
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Employing a Multifocal View of ECD Curriculum Development at a Rural Settlement Community in South Africa: Themes from a 'Design by Implementation' Early Childhood Education Programme
Brink, Sonja
South African Journal of Childhood Education, v6 n1 Article 405 2016
Early childhood curriculum development is challenged by the vast contextual variability of sites in South Africa. In this article, the author reports on the implementation of an early childhood development programme at an informal rural settlement community by an external societal agent. The article looks at the complex dynamics at play within such an early education development situation and examines the main themes that emerged from the process. Referring to the tensions that emanated from the implementation of this programme as a positive driver for change, it concludes that the employment of participatory methodologies could be utilised as a curriculum development tool and calls for the employment of a less formulaic and more holistic view of early childhood development.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Rural Areas, Educational Change, Disadvantaged Environment, Poverty Areas, Participatory Research, Action Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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