Title:
Culturally or contextually appropriate?
Authors:
Smale, J.
Year:
1998
Serial number:
90
Journal:
Early Childhood Matters
Pages:
3
-
5
ISSN:
1387-9553
Language:
eng
Subject:
Culture, Society and Religion
Keywords:
children
,
family
,
culture
,
evaluation
Abstract:
This edition of Early Childhood Matters is centred on an analysis of culturally relevant approaches in early childhood development (ECD) recently undertaken by the Foundation. The broad objective was to learn from the accumulated experiences of 11 selected projects, as they are reflected in our archives. One aim was to explore how projects that work in culturally appropriate ways have to pay special attention in their work with children and parents to factors such as language, cultural norms, childrearing practices, familial relationships, and so on. The second aim was to highlight the ways in which projects working in different contexts handle relationships between cultures. The analysis is a subjective reading of hundreds of documents authored by almost as many people over many years.
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Category:
General
Right:
© 1998 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Document type:
E-article
File:
124760.pdf