The objective of this paper is to provide a preliminary analytical foundation to help focus the policy debate. The discussion that follows is based on insights gleaned from an exploratory, qualitative survey, undertaken ...

Opportunities for researchers to interact with their global counterparts have improved dramatically since the advent of the knowledge era. To ensure that South Africa continues to meet international standards, the South ...

In 2003, 10 million children worldwide died before reaching their 5th birthday (Black, Morris, & Bryce, 2003). What can leaders in the infant and family fields from the industrialized world, or from affluent sectors in ...

This paper highlights the varied understandings of practitioners of young children on how young children learn mathematics. Therefore argues for interventions that highlight mathematics curriculum for young children and ...

It is well established that early childhood development (ECD) lays the foundation for success in the schooling system, and for human and societal development more generally. The poverty environments within which most ...

The data set contains the responses of the 21 ECD centres that participated in the 2014 Audit and includes 867 variables.

The data set contains the responses of the 381 ECD centres included in the City of Johannesburg (COJ) 2014 Audit. The study targeted all ECD centres in 17 wards identified as a priority by CoJ. GPS coordinates, ECD centre ...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health concern with raised blood pressure and glucose emerging as leading causes of death and disability. This community-based demonstration project using community ...