Informal community-based early childhood development as a focus for urban public theology in South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Informal community-based early childhood development as a focus for urban public theology in South Africa
 
Creator van der Walt, J.P. (Hannes) Swart, Ignatius de Beer, Stephan
 
Subject Urban public theology, practical theology, development studies early childhood development; South Africa; urban public theology; socio-cutural discourses; grassroots communities; South Africa
Description This article highlights important dimensions of public theology and shows how the identified dimensions are relevant to the specific situation of informal early childhood development (ECD) facilities in a South African urban setting. The article considers the contributions and challenges of informal community-based ECD on the basis of research conducted in the Rustenburg/Phokeng area of the North West province of South Africa. It critically discusses the sociocultural discourses and legislation regulating ECD centres, by focusing on the constraints put on informal ECD service providers. It concludes by considering ways in which urban public theology should act to serve, strengthen and advocate this vitally important, yet informal, sector.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor University of Pretoria
Date 2014-11-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literary analysis; conceptual exploration; policy analysis; survey
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v70i3.2769
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 70, No 3 (2014); 16 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa; North West Province; Rustenburg/Phokeng post-apartheid South Africa informal community-based ECD services in Rustenburg/Phokeng
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 J.P. (Hannes) van der Walt, Ignatius Swart, Stephan de Beer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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