Venue: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
About the conference
This international conference will explore the power of early childhood as a force for reducing racial and ethnic divisions and building peaceable communities. It will provide a unique forum for practitioners, researchers and policymakers to learn from one another about the latest developments in research and practice from around the world.
The conference will be of interest to anyone concerned with understanding how early childhood programmes can contribute to efforts to overcome communal divisions and build socially inclusive societies. There will be a range of sessions of interest to:
• Policy makers
• Early childhood practitioners
• Early childhood researchers
Registration
Book by Friday 25 March 2011 to catch the early bird registration fees of just GB£80 for students and residents of developing countries and GB£120 for regular delegates.
Call for Papers
The call for individual papers and/or symposia is now open. Papers are particularly welcomed that include a focus on one or more of the following:
• report on the findings of research that seeks to increase our understanding of the impact of race/ethnicity on the lives of young children
• report on the findings of evaluations of the effectiveness of early childhood programmes that include a focus on addressing issues of race/ethnicity among young children, their families and/or local communities
• describe the development and delivery of innovative early childhood programmes that include a focus on addressing issues of race/ethnicity among young children, their families and/or local communities
• explore the wider political and policy contexts and the opportunities as well as barriers these create for the development of effective early childhood initiatives aimed at reducing racial and ethnic divisions and promoting peacable communities
