Early Means Early: Understanding Popular Understandings of Early Childhood Development in South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Richter, Linda M.; Tomlinson, Mark; Watt, Kathryn; Hunt, Xanthe; Lindland, Eric H.
Titel	Early Means Early: Understanding Popular Understandings of Early Childhood Development in South Africa
Quelle	In: Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 39 (2019) 3, S.295-309 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Richter, Linda M.) ORCID (Tomlinson, Mark) ORCID (Hunt, Xanthe)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-5146
DOI	10.1080/09575146.2019.1613346
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Child Development; Young Children; Public Opinion; Stakeholders; Barriers; Early Childhood Education; Cultural Influences; Models; Physical Development; Social Development; Emotional Development; Resilience (Psychology); Parent Role; Child Safety; Punishment; Discipline; Child Rearing; Government Role; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kindesentwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Öffentliche Meinung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Analogiemodell; Körperliche Entwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Bestrafung; Disziplin; Kindererziehung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Scientific and policy advances are putting early childhood development (ECD) at the center of efforts to improve human development. This study was undertaken to understand what knowledge and attitudinal barriers exist that 25 hinder the full-scale roll-out of services for the youngest children and their families. We used anthropological methods honed by the Frameworks Institute to plumb beliefs about early childhood development among members of the public and implementation and policy stakeholders, and compare those with the findings from ECD research. While members of the public and stakeholders agree on the importance of ECD, as demonstrated in other country settings, a major barrier to directing services to the youngest children is a perceptual tendency to 'age up'. That is, to consider learning and other important skills as being acquired in the pre-school rather than infancy period. Communication strategies that incorporate debate are needed to give full effect to the ECD and related policies, especially around the topics of prioritizing the youngest 40 children, physical punishment, child rights, and the pervasiveness Q5 of threats to ECD arising from poverty and disadvantage. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01