Interrogating the 'Artificial' Divide between Health and Education for Children Aged 0-3 Years in Urban Poor Locales in Kenya

Autor/inn/en	Munene, Aurelia; Okwany, Auma
Titel	Interrogating the 'Artificial' Divide between Health and Education for Children Aged 0-3 Years in Urban Poor Locales in Kenya
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 6 (2016) 2, Artikel 465 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Foreign Countries; Holistic Approach; Child Health; Focus Groups; Participant Observation; Caregivers; Early Childhood Education; Urban Areas; Poverty; Infants; Toddlers; Young Children; Semi Structured Interviews; Social Bias; Access to Health Care; Teacher Competencies; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ausland; Holistischer Ansatz; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Urban area; Stadtregion; Armut; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Frühe Kindheit; Lehrkunst; Kenia
Abstract	Holistic integrated early childhood policies foster child well-being in the first 3 years of life. The normative framing of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) entrenches segmentation and creates artificial divides between education and health. This segmentation persists yet development processes for children are intertwined and mutually reinforcing. We trouble this artificial divide by drawing on findings from a study which examined the discursive care spaces in an urban poor locale in Kenya. Data were produced through in-depth interviews; participant observation and focus group discussions with caregivers and both state and non-state care providers. Using a socio-ecological lens to analyse intra- and inter-household interactions among caregivers, our analysis exposes the assumptions and silences in ECCE health and education and presents caregivers' rich nuanced experiences and counter accounts. We conclude by calling for the imperative of bridging the divide between and within early childhood health and education to support integrated, adaptive and contextualised policy and practice. (As Provided).
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