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Enhancing a sense of belonging in the early years

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Early Childhood Matters 111
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Various
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Periodical
Publication Date: 
1 Dec 2008
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The Bernard van Leer Foundation invites their readers to reflect on how the theme of a sense of belonging relates to young children. After a conceptual overview by Martin Woodhead and Liz Brooker which philosophically roots the subject firmly in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, this edition of ECM goes on to include contributions from the field in Israel, Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands, Mexico, Lebanon and Australia, together with an interview with Cameroonian academic A Bame Nsamenang and reflections on promoting a sense of belonging in the especially challenging circumstances of conflict zones and refugee camps.

See Margot Meeuwig and Tienke van der Werf's article that looks at traces from Reggio Emilia in the Netherlands to examine child care centres as living and learning communities.