Title:
Colombia : playing to learn : an alternative for rural children
Authors:
Rengifo, A.L.M.
Year:
2003
Serial number:
101
Journal:
Early Childhood Matters
Pages:
24
-
28
ISSN:
1387-9553
Language:
eng
Subject:
Education, Science and Technology
Keywords:
education
,
children
,
rural development
,
communities
Abstract:
This article outlines the extreme problems faced by rural populations in Colombia, showing that rural communities have consequently lost the capacity to organise themselves and have lost their sense of belonging together. In addition, the article discusses experiences with three interlinked strategies that have been devised for work with and around young children. The first promotes and maximises the potential of the environment of children to enhance young children’s emotional and physical growth, and their socialisation with their peers. The second helps families to see children as people who have rights and responsibilities, people for whom they must provide the best possible physical and social development environments. The third enables local authorities to learn about childhood and to recognise the strategic significance of childhood for their own development.
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Country:
Colombia
Region:
South America
Category:
Practice
Right:
© 2003 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Document type:
E-article
File:
124468.pdf