The Challenges Experienced by Practitioners from Under-Resourced Early Childhood Development Centres in South Africa: A Single Site Study.
Background: The occupation of education prepares children for adulthood. Each child has the right to education, which has the power to end intergenerational cycles of poverty and inequality. However, poor access to and quality of education at early childhood development (ECD) centres continue to pre...
| Publicado en: | South African Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 14 - 25 |
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Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa
Dec2021
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