This is a scholarly text depicting a robust presentation of the tenets of Africanisation of education in South Africa. This book is:
¥ Endorsing a play-based philosophy for an active, competent child aligned with the South African National Curriculum Statement for Early Childhood Education;
¥ Promoting critical reflection about professional practice with the aim of creating “thinking teachers”;
¥ Underpinned by theorising in Early Childhood Education, demonstrating the shift away from a decolonised past to a transformative future reflective of a democratic South Africa;
¥ Shaped by national and global research relevant to learning and development of children from birth to four years;
¥ Peer reviewed and validated as comprehensive and deep in its treatment of various areas of educational practice in early years; and
¥ Written by an author team of local and international early childhood academics involved in initial teacher education.
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