Towards a Transformative Pedagogy for Early Childhood Care and Education: Possibilities and Priorities in South Africa

Dr Naseema Shaik is the Head of Department for Foundation Phase teaching and is Coordinator of the Diploma Grade R in the Faculty of Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. Dr Shaik is the lead coordinator of the Transformative Pedagogy Project funded by the Department of Higher Education and the European Union. She is also the section editor for the Foundation Phase of the South African Journal of Childhood Education. Dr Shaik’s research interests are in the critical paradigm aligned with bringing about transformative change in early childhood pedagogy. Thus, her research has been in children’s participatory rights and participatory pedagogies and has been published in both local and international journals.

Professor Trevor Moodley is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He is also a registered educational psychologist. He has a PhD in Child Psychology and has been in education for over 30 years, both at school and at university level. His research interests include early childhood education, inclusive education and factors influencing teaching and learning.