The Sobambisana ECD Evaluation: Lessons learnt from home visiting, playgroups and centre-based support in poor communities
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E-Book
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ECCE
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Publication Year
2012
Publisher
University of Cape Town, SALDRU, Cape Town, South Africa
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[ private ]
Pages
40 p.
Subject
Early childhood development, ECD programmes, Rural communities, ECD Practitioners, Interventions, Community playgroups, Home visiting, Quality, Cognitive development, Language development, Numeracy, School readiness, South Africa
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Abstract
The Sobambisana project was supported by Ilia Labantwana grantmakers. Over four years, we tested integrated ECD interventions in five rural and informal communities in four provinces. A central goal was to provide evidence for programming and scaling up. Interventions included community playgroups, family home visiting, and ECD site-based practitioner training. A further goal was to assess the quality of programme implementation and derive lessons for effective programming in low resource community contexts. Effects of the interventions on parental care and stimulation, child development, and the quality of ECD site programming were measured at baseline and follow-up. In some instances, quasi-experimental designs were employed using wait-list controls. Sobambisana children were followed into Grade R and compared with children from the same communities who had not been exposed to any ECD programme. Child outcome measures included cognitive and language development, numeracy and readiness to learn.
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Paper presented at Towards Carnegie III, 3-7 September 2012, University of Cape Town.
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