Hannes van der Walt, Ignatius Swart, Stephan de Beer

Author: Hannes van der Walt, Ignatius Swart, Stephan de Beer

Special Editions, Urban Public Theology in South Africa

Informal community-based early childhood development as a focus for urban public theology in South Africa

Hannes van der Walt, Ignatius Swart, Stephan de Beer July 30, 2020

This article highlights important dimensions of public theology and shows how the identifieddimensions are relevant to the specific situation of informal early childhood development (ECD) facilities in a South African urban setting. The article considers the contributions andchallenges of informal community-based ECD on the basis of research conducted in the Rustenburg/Phokeng area of the North..

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