{"id":1002,"date":"2021-06-24T23:21:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T23:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africaaplus.org.za\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2024-12-09T12:40:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:40:28","slug":"4th-national-ecd-conference-building-a-high-quality-ecd-research-and-practice-in-south-africa-birth-to-grade-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaaplus.org.za\/?p=1002","title":{"rendered":"4th National ECD Conference: Building a High Quality ECD research and practice in South Africa: Birth to Grade R\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1002\" class=\"elementor elementor-1002\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27eea73 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-eae-slider=\"79479\" data-id=\"27eea73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fefb84\" data-eae-slider=\"3650\" data-id=\"4fefb84\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4042cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"81953\" data-id=\"e4042cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac56a31\" data-eae-slider=\"19995\" data-id=\"ac56a31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e98a13d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e98a13d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f58f7ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f58f7ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The South Africa Research Association for Early Childhood Education, founded in 2011, is a research association that promotes research and research development in the field of early childhood education (ECE), including teacher education and development for ECE. Research is aimed at providing improved teacher education and training as well as providing mentorship, support and guidance to teachers and practitioners in the field of ECD. SARAECE has built capacity in establishing relationships with NPOs and NGOs as well as other associated interest groups in the discipline who currently contribute substantively to the aims and benefits of the SARAECE. To find out more, please visit our website: www.saraece.org.za<\/p><p>The Centre for Early Childhood Development, started in 1994, is a non-profit organisation committed to putting young children first by ensuring quality early childhood development for our country\u2019s youngest citizens. We provide training, resources, and support in the field of early childhood development, enhancing individual and organisation capacity; we develop and disseminate resources; and we carry out research specifically related to the African context. Our training includes Level 4 and Level 5 ECD qualification training; as well as a variety of ECD skills training for principals, teachers, and caregivers from under-resourced communities. To find out more, please visit our website: www.cecd.org.za<\/p><p>The Cape Peninsula University of Technology is a university at the heart of technology education and innovation in Africa. An internationally acclaimed institution, it is the only university of technology in the Western Cape and is the largest university in the region with an enrolment of more than 30 000 students. The university has six faculties offering a wide range of accredited undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of Applied Sciences, Business, Education and Social Sciences, Engineering, Informatics and Design as well as Health and Wellness Sciences. 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