Early Childhood Matters continues the Newsletter. It is published three times a year in February, June and October, by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, PO Box 82334, 2508 EH The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel: + 31 (0)70 351 2040, Fax: +31 (0)70 350 2373
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Editor
Introducing Early Childhood Matters
Jim Smale
Rien van Gendt
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Editorial Advisors
Liesbeth Zwitser and Gerry Salole Design & Production
Homemade Cookies Graphic Design bv
In this edition
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Jim Smale Effectiveness: the state of the art
The Hague, The Netherlands
Judith Evans
Work featured in Early Childhood Matters is not
Alternative perspectives on ECD: communities at the forefront
necessarily funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Fred Wood
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The views expressed are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation.
Spain: playing my part
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Fina Miragaya Paz Material from Early Childhood Matters may be reproduced or adapted without permission, provided it is not distributed for profit. It must be attributed to the original author(s), Early Childhood Matters and the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
If you are interested in contributing to Early Childhood Matters, please contact the Editor for a preliminary discussion and to obtain a copy of our ‘Guide for Authors’.
Standing up for fairness: activism with young children
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Louise Derman-Sparks Developing a culturally appropriate curriculum
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Jill Mitchell Mexico: educational experiences with women and girl children in rural, indigenous communities
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Martha Patricia Pimentel Garcia
Contributions must be related to early childhood development and should draw on direct practical experience
Venezuela: developing inter-sectorial networks
with young children, their families and communities.
Jesús Leonardo Yanez
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Please note that the Foundation does not pay for contributions because Early Childhood Matters is generally
New Foundation publication: Samenspel – mothers speaking
distributed free of charge. Please also note that we allow
Joanna Bouma
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free copying for non-commercial purposes.
The 1997 Oscar van Leer Award
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Results of the 1997 Poster Competition
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cover photo: ‘Just playing’ (the Netherlands) courtesy of the ‘Samenspel’ Project (an entry for the Poster Competition)
Sonja Wehrmann inside front cover: ‘Fun outdoors’ (South Africa) photo: Jan Stegeman
ISSN 1387-9553