First Person: Championing playful learning in urban and rural areas
Liezl Worship, an ECD Programme Manager for the Pebbles Project and a senior ELOM trainer, is on a mission to improve early learning opportunities for children in rural areas. Working with the ELOM tools has shown her how data can drive change at a greater scale.
What we know about social-emotional functioning’s impact on academic achievement
An outline of the various domains of social-emotional functioning and their impact on children’s academic performance.
How we built South Africa’s Early Learning Measurement ELOM tools
Our ECD specialist Prof. Andy Dawes looks back on the rigorous process to develop South Africa’s first standardized early learning measurement tools.
Data can change lives – lessons from an ELOM assessor
Brinthia Dawood, from Thornton in Cape Town, is one of 185 qualified Early Learning Outcomes Measurement (ELOM) assessors in South Africa. Brinthia has dedicated her entire working life to helping create meaningful learning opportunities for young children. She has worked as an early childhood development (ECD) teacher, an early learning programme principal, the programme manager […]