About ECDVU in Sub-Saharan Africa:

Innovative Approaches to Education and Partnership

As noted in the Overview, the ECDVU is committed to improving the quality of life for children and their families in Africa. The program seeks to accomplish this through working, on a sustained basis, with ECD leaders from across the continent.

To meet the ECDVU’s child and social development objectives, it employs a number of approaches to post-secondary education that are ‘non-traditional’ in nature. These include: recognizing the strengths and expertise that exist locally and regionally; incorporating these ‘voices’ and experiences into the learning process; promoting sustainable, interactive networks that reach rural as well as urban populations; and using computer technology as a means for developing strong information and communication systems within Africa. At the same time, certain other features of the ECDVU seem more familiar as part of a traditional educational process: delivery of a sequence of courses, each with a course number and title, and delivered by academically qualified individuals. Blending strengths from both approaches is an essential characteristic of the ECDVU.

You may be interested in reading further about ‘traditional’ and ‘non-traditional’ facets of the ECDVU:

• Employing a 'generative curriculum' approach
• Promoting 'ripple effects' and networking activities
• Overview of the academic program

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