1. Problems and Prospects in Early Childhood Education Provisioning in Turkey and South Africa
Corinne Meier, Eleanor Lemmer, Demet Gören Niron
Journal of Asian and African Studies  vol: 52  issue: 4  first page: 444  year: 2017  
doi: 10.1177/0021909615595989

2. Early childhood development teachers’ perceptions on the use of technology in teaching young children
Ayodele A. Ogegbo, Adebunmi Aina
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 10  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v10i1.880

3. Rural Early Childhood Educators’ Perception of Music-Based Pedagogy in Teaching Communication Skills to Children
Avosuahi Deborah Arasomwan, Glynnis Daries
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences  first page: 254  year: 2024  
doi: 10.38159/ehass.202341222

4. Inclusivity in early childhood education in Southern Africa: A Montessorian critique
Ben de Souza
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 15  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/SAJCE.v15i1.1808

5. The disempowerment of early childhood practitioners in impoverished and marginalised communities
Tilana Knafo, Brigitte Smit, Petro Marais
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 9  issue: 1  year: 2019  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v9i1.590

6. Developmental characteristics of young children in a low-income South African community
Shabnam Abdoola, De Wet Swanepoel, Marien Alet Graham, Jeannie van der Linde
Journal of Child Health Care  vol: 29  issue: 1  first page: 10  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1177/13674935231173023

7. Societal factors impacting young Black men in South Africa
Samuel Ntsanwisi
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences  vol: 6  issue: 4  first page: 377  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1108/JHASS-08-2023-0093

8. Early Childhood Care and Education teachers’ experiences of integrating the activities of the national curriculum framework into themes
Cynthia Z. Zama, Nontokozo Mashiya
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 12  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1089

9. Exploring Grade R teachers’ perceptions of their professional identity: Who am I?
Blanche Ntombizodwa Hadebe-Ndlovu, Moses Onyemaechi Ede
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478)  vol: 12  issue: 1  first page: 275  year: 2023  
doi: 10.20525/ijrbs.v12i1.2227

10. ‘We grow together.’ Parent participation in an early childhood care and education centre
Ailsa S. Connelly, Naseema Shaik, Agnes Chigona
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/SAJCE.v14i1.1611

11. Music-based Pedagogies to Teach Conversational Skills to Early Childhood Care and Education’s Learners: The Educators’ Constraints and the Proposed Solutions
Deborah Avosuahi Arasomwan, Glynnis Daries
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences  first page: 1219  year: 2024  
doi: 10.38159/ehass.20245713

12. Employing a multifocal view of ECD curriculum development at a rural settlement community in South Africa: Themes from a ‘design by implementation’ early childhood education programme
Sonja Brink
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 6  issue: 1  first page: 11  year: 2016  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v6i1.405

13. Caregiver Beliefs About Childhood Development and Schooling Outcomes: A Qualitative Study in Mahikeng, South Africa
Tom Palmer, Gerard Abou Jaoude, Rolando Leiva Granados, Neha Batura, Frederik Booysen, Liesel Ebersöhn, Lu Gram, Audrey Prost, Francesco Salustri, Jolene Skordis
Infant and Child Development  vol: 34  issue: 2  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1002/icd.70010

14. Removing barriers to registration for early childhood development centres
Matshidiso V. Sello, Nicole De Wet-Billings, Khuthala Mabetha, Lerato Makuapane
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/SAJCE.v14i1.1519

15. Voices heard and lessons learnt: Exploring multiple knowledges and local participation in a community-based integrated early childhood development project in rural South Africa
Jaclyn Murray, Norma Rudolph
Journal of Pedagogy  vol: 10  issue: 1  first page: 13  year: 2019  
doi: 10.2478/jped-2019-0001

16. A Sociocultural Framework to Analyse M-Learning Options for Early Childhood Development (ECD) Practitioner Training
Susanna Oosthuizen, Nicky Roberts
The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC)  issue: 28  year: 2021  
doi: 10.23962/10539/32209

17. Childcare workers: Challenges faced during Covid-19
Enid Pitsoane, Fhatuwani Makahane
Cogent Social Sciences  vol: 9  issue: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2225826

18. The Relationship between Childcare-Giving Arrangements and Children’s Malnutrition Status in South Africa
Matshidiso Sello, Sunday A. Adedini, Clifford Odimegwu, Rebaone Petlele, Talent Tapera
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  vol: 20  issue: 3  first page: 2572  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032572

19. “Early Childhood Education or Nothing”: Motivations and Experiences of a Male Teacher in Female-Dominated Early Childhood Education: a Case Study in Ghana
Patrick Kofi Boadu, Aikins Amoako Asiama
Early Childhood Education Journal  vol: 54  issue: 3  first page: 2049  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1007/s10643-025-01983-y

20. Factors Affecting Rural Men’s Participation in Children’s Preschool in One Rural Education District in the Eastern Cape Province
M.A. Mufutau, C.I.O. Okeke
Studies of Tribes and Tribals  vol: 14  issue: 1  first page: 18  year: 2016  
doi: 10.1080/0972639X.2016.11886728

21. Exploring the social function of congregations: A community development approach to develop ‘hub-and-spill’ early childhood development centres
Marichen van der Westhuizen, Rina Smith, Jacques W. Beukes
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies  vol: 75  issue: 2  year: 2019  
doi: 10.4102/hts.v75i2.4850

22. Measuring stunting and tracking trends in prevalence in South Africa: Conceptual and methodological considerations
Kate Rich, Liezel Engelbrecht
Development Southern Africa  vol: 42  issue: 6  first page: 750  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1080/0376835X.2025.2568862

23. Teachers’ perceptions of children’s access to toilets in urban ECDE institutions, and the psychosocial consequences
Linet Imbosa Muhati-Nyakundi
Global Public Health  vol: 17  issue: 12  first page: 3785  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2059693

24. Developing ECED Teachers’ Knowledge and Skills to Meet the Demands of Quality Education in a Rural Context
Ayesha Carrim, Tebogo Jillian Mampane
HOLISTICA – Journal of Business and Public Administration  vol: 16  issue: 2  first page: 81  year: 2025  
doi: 10.2478/hjbpa-2025-0018

25. English Literature in the Grade R Classroom: Exploring the Implementation of Children’s Literature Curricula in Selected Early Childhood Development Centres
Dzidzai Masunga, Dean van der Merwe
Scrutiny2  vol: 27  issue: 2-3  first page: 33  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/18125441.2023.2283888

26. Transitions between body mass index categories, South Africa
Muchiri E Wandai, Jens Aagaard-Hansen, Samuel OM Manda, Shane A Norris
Bulletin of the World Health Organization  vol: 98  issue: 12  first page: 878  year: 2020  
doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.255703

27. Spatialising the curriculum
Emily Johanna Ashton, Kai Wood Mah, Patrick Lynn Rivers
Journal of Curriculum Studies  vol: 52  issue: 2  first page: 177  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1080/00220272.2019.1657956

28. The everyday experiences of early childhood caregivers: Challenges in an under-resourced community
Adri Vorster, Ashleigh Sacks, Zaytoon Amod, Joseph Seabi, Anwynne Kern
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 6  issue: 1  first page: 9  year: 2016  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v6i1.257

29. Challenges Faced by Educators in Implementing Early Childhood Development (ECD) Policies
P.N. Tyilo, S.K. Luggya, V.N. Mdaka
Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology  vol: 8  issue: 4  first page: 209  year: 2017  
doi: 10.1080/09766634.2017.1351976

30. Evaluating the demand, supply and impact of early childhood development programmes in South Africa
Eldridge Moses, Servaas van der Berg
Development Southern Africa  vol: 40  issue: 6  first page: 1153  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1080/0376835X.2023.2198555

31. Early childhood development challenges and the proposed Ten-Nodal Point Regulatory Compliance Framework
Faith Nharara, Patricia Ndlovu
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 15  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v15i1.1673

32. South African pre-school teacher perceptions of socio-emotional development for school readiness: An exploratory study
Tessa Goldschmidt, Athena Pedro
Journal of Psychology in Africa  vol: 30  issue: 2  first page: 174  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1080/14330237.2020.1744288

33. Mapping play deprivation in the Western Cape province of South Africa: A qualitative perspective
Nicolette Vanessa Roman, Anna Marie Radermacher, ChantÉ Johannes, Rob Ruiter
African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences (AJPHES)  vol: 31  issue: 4  first page: 554  year: 2025  
doi: 10.37597/ajphes.2025.31.4.1

34. Grade R teachers’ understanding of reflective practice
Ailsa S. Connelly, Naseema Shaik, Cina Mosito
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 10  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v10i1.842

35. ECD centres as change catalysts in sustainable rural livelihood development: Griekwastad, South Africa, as case study
Menini Gibbens, Juaneè Cilliers
Environment, Development and Sustainability  vol: 25  issue: 8  first page: 8857  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1007/s10668-022-02333-3

36. Determinants of non-profit registration in early childhood development centres in South Africa
Matshidiso V. Sello
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 15  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/SAJCE.v15i1.1730

37. Exploring the Knowledge and Needs of Early Childhood Development Practitioners from a Low-Resource Community
Nadia Adéle Smit, Jeannie van der Linde, Renata Eccles, De Wet Swanepoel, Marien Alet Graham
Early Childhood Education Journal  vol: 49  issue: 2  first page: 197  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1007/s10643-020-01063-3

38. Early childhood development in South Africa – progress since the end of apartheid
Eric Atmore
International Journal of Early Years Education  vol: 21  issue: 2-3  first page: 152  year: 2013  
doi: 10.1080/09669760.2013.832941

39. Motor milestones and physical activity: A scoping review of ECD practitioners’ contributions
Vanessa Gibson, Elna van der Merwe, Brenda A. Coetzee
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/SAJCE.v14i1.1580

40. Music and Rhymes as Mechanisms for ECCE Learners’ Socio-emotional Intelligence Development
Avosuahi Deborah Arasomwan, Glynnis Daries
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences  first page: 44  year: 2025  
doi: 10.38159/ehass.2025614

41. Early Childhood Provisioning for Children Between 3 and 5 Years Within Rural Eastern Cape Communities: The Untold Stories of the Physical Environment
N. Sotuku, C.I.O. Okeke, J. Mathwasa
Journal of Human Ecology  vol: 54  issue: 1  first page: 25  year: 2016  
doi: 10.1080/09709274.2016.11906983

42. Towards circles of care and education: Exploring understandings of quality in early childhood development
Lucy R. O’Keeffe, Susan L. Southwood, Nicci Hayes
South African Journal of Childhood Education  vol: 12  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.4102/sajce.v12i1.1061

43. The experiences of early childhood development care centre staff in providing care and learning support in a low socioeconomic community in South Africa
Bronwynè Coetzee, Stefani du Toit, Rhonda Crouse, Annerine Roos
Early Child Development and Care  vol: 192  issue: 14  first page: 2338  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/03004430.2021.2012172

44. Examining the effectiveness of professional development for early years practitioners in disadvantaged communities of South Africa
Chinedu Okeke, Ndileleni Mudzielwana, Matseliso Mokhele-Makgalwa
South African Journal of Education  vol: 45  issue: Supplement 2  first page: S1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.15700/saje.v45ns2a2446

45. Predictors of quality of childcare centers in low-income settings: findings from a cross-sectional study in two Nairobi slums
Margaret Nampijja, Nelson Langat, Linda Oloo, Kenneth Okelo, Ruth Muendo, Martin Kiyeng, Patrick Amboka, Mary Abboah-Offei, Anna Ray, Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo, Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage, Helen Elsey
Frontiers in Public Health  vol: 11  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1163491