A review of early childhood transitions research
The latest in the foundation's working paper series, Early childhood transitions research: A review of concepts, theory, and practice by Pia Vogler, Gina Crivello and Martin Woodhead is now available for you to order a free copy or download the pdf.
17 June 2008
Announcement of interim executive director
The Board of Trustees is very pleased to announce that Monique van 't Hek will serve as interim Executive Director after Peter Laugharn's departure as Executive Director in July 2008. Ms Van 't Hek, who has broad experience in managing non-profit and international development organisations, has already started working alongside Peter Laugharn in order to ensure a smooth transition. She will head the foundation until January 2009, when a new Executive Director is expected to take the helm.
5 June 2008
ECM on the question of quality
The latest edition of the foundation's journal, Early Childhood Matters, tackles the complex topic of what constitutes quality in early childhood programmes and how such programmes can lay the foundations for quality primary education. Order your free printed copy or download the pdf.
1 June 2008
Early childhood in the Caribbean
Early childhood in the Caribbean, a new working paper (download pdf) based on research by Christine Barrow, looks at the development and socialisation of children under 5 years of age in two Caribbean countries, Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica.
21 May 2008
New ECiF on Developing Positive Identities
A new edition of Early Childhood in Focus, a collaboration between the Foundation and the Open University, surveys the theory and evidence surrounding what makes for positive identity and how it can be affected by diversity, adversity and discrimination. Order your free printed copy of Developing Positive Identities: Young Children and Diversity or download the pdf.
22 April 2008
"Business Champions" invited to The Hague
To be held in The Hague on April 22nd and 23rd, Business Champions for Early Child Development (pdf) is the first event in a new initiative, co-organised with the Committee for Economic Development and the Wolfensohn Center for Development at the Brookings Institution, which seeks to bring the importance of early child development to the forefront of international economic debates. Read more
16 April 2008
Change in leadership at the Foundation
The Bernard van Leer Foundation is to appoint a new Executive Director as Peter Laugharn, who has led the Foundation since 2002, moves on to take charge of the US-based Firelight Foundation. Click here (pdf) for more details in a communication from Trude Maas de-Brouwer, Chair of the Foundation's Board of Trustees.
4 April 2008
A model for costing ECCE expansion
Now available: a new working paper, entitled Expanding early childhood care and education: How much does it cost? Authors Jan van Ravens and Carlos Aggio propose a methodology to estimate the costs of early childhood care and education at macro-level, and apply it to the Arab States. Order your free printed copy or download the pdf.
UPDATE: Download the Excel document referenced in the text.
31 March 2008
New print run for working paper on child participation
Following a new print run, it is now possible again to order free printed copies of Working Paper 36, Can you hear me: The right of young children to participate in decisions affecting them, first published in 2005.
14 February 2008
First two Online Outreach Papers now available
The first two papers in a new web-based series of publications are now available. The Online Outreach Papers series will allow the foundation flexibility to publish more niche and/or time-limited papers without the expense associated with printing and distribution. Read more.
24 January 2008
Involving young children in design
The latest in our series of working papers is now available to download and order. Early childhood spaces: Involving young children and practitioners in the design process discusses how under-6s can be involved in designing spaces for early childhood provision.
21 January 2008
