19th Annual EECERA Conference – Diversities in Early Childhood Education

26-29 August 2009 – Strasbourg, France

The French Association le Furet “Early Childhood and Diversity” will host the 19th Annual EECERA Conference – Diversities in Early Childhood Education in Strasbourg, France 26-29 August 2009.  The theme will be addressed from the perspective of the rights of younger children and their families. 

The education of younger children today is increasingly tackled in variable and complex ways, and the environments in which they live, both at home, and in education and care, can be equally variable.  This conference will bring together academics and practitioners to vigorously discuss the most recent, relevant research in early childhood education. 

Keynote speakers include Dr. Michael Vandenbroeck, University of Ghent (Belgium), co-founder of the European network DECET (Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Training), Dr. Nacira Guénif-Souilamas, University Paris 13 (France), sociologist of immigration, member of the international project Children Crossing Borders CCB, Prof. Miriam Rosenthal, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel), author of a well-known cultural approach of child care, family expectations and quality in early childhood education, Dr. Beata Laciak, University of Warsaw (Poland), author of studies within the Department of Sociology and Rights in the Institute of Applied Social Sciences, and Prof. Martin Woodhead, Open University (United Kingdom) Special Counsellor at the United Nations for the rights of children in Geneva.

For more information, please visit http://www.lefuret.org/19th%20EECERA/Accueil_19th_eecera.html.