The course outlines guidance to understanding the collaborative
relationship between parents and early childhood systems, programs, providers,
family caregivers, and community service providers to promote positive,
enduring change for children, families, and communities. The concepts
such as family, community, values, practices and cultural beliefs for child
rearing are explored. It imparts knowledge and positive attitudes to students
to help them understand how children are raised in different contexts depending
on different cultural beliefs, values and practices. Students will learn about children’s rights
and needs including interventions that can be made to empower families to cope
with child upbringing in different circumstances. The course further highlights
international, regional and national instruments and policies: UNCRC, The
African Charter, Child Protection Act and others.
- Teacher: Makorina Ntsinyi