'Every Mother Dances Her Baby': Contextually Responsive Narratives of Early Childhood Care and Education in Kenya and Uganda

Autor/in	Okwany, Auma
Titel	'Every Mother Dances Her Baby': Contextually Responsive Narratives of Early Childhood Care and Education in Kenya and Uganda
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 6 (2016) 2, Artikel 464 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Barriers; Indigenous Populations; Indigenous Knowledge; Culturally Relevant Education; Child Development; Child Care; Social Influences; Longitudinal Studies; Focus Groups; Interviews; Well Being; Females; Mothers; Parent Role; Fathers; Gender Differences; At Risk Persons; Civil Rights; Kenya; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Sinti und Roma; Kindesentwicklung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Sozialer Einfluss; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Weibliches Geschlecht; Mother; Mutter; Parental role; Elternrolle; Geschlechterkonflikt; Risikogruppe; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Kenia
Abstract	Despite major steps towards providing early childhood care and education (ECCE) services in Kenya and Uganda, access to responsive services is still out of reach for many young children, and where available, they are often out of touch with local realities. In this paper, I trouble the universalising and totalising tendencies of the dominant narrative of ECCE as a template of thought and action and highlight the role of indigenous knowledge as a critical but often missing link in ECCE policy and practice. I draw on the situated experiences of caregivers and local communities, which counter the dominant narrative and argue that culturally responsive ECCE requires contextually sensitive policy and programmes. Such policies should affirm and support the important role of local knowledge in the care and socialisation of young children. Policies should also recognise the informal resilient social protection system without obscuring the role of the state in addressing structural vulnerability. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01