Description:
This presentation by Dr. John Bennett is from the 18th EECERA annual conference. The conference theme was Reconsidering the Basics in Early Childhood Education and examined how the European early childhood education tradition of today links backwards as well as looks forward to future perspectives and challenges.
John Bennett's presentation examines 6 challenges for the coming years. The challenges discussed in this presentation include the need to:
1.Give more attention to 0-3 and remove the split between childcare and early education;
2.Reduce child poverty and discrimination against children from low-income and diverse family groups;
3.Provide more active support to families, and in particular to women;
4.Support quality assurance and self-evaluation in early childhood services;
5.Preserve the 'red thread' in professional education; and,
6.Continue to learn from and with each other.
The presentations from the other keynote speakers at this conference can be found through the 'Other keynote speakers' link above.