About the Confferrenence

The care and promotion of early childhood is a key priority in all societies because the children of today are the youth of the future. Therefore, all education and socialization agencies are working vigorously to ensure a safe and stable childhood. Responsibilities are distributed in the care and education of children, starting from the family and the group to which the child belongs; as well as society in general, which is handled by various ministries in countries, including specifically the ministries of education and social development.

Looking at the categories of Palestinian society, we find that it is a young society and most of its members are children and young people. According to the statistics of the Central Statistical Organization, the number of children under the age of eighteen in Palestine reached 2,311,396 children, while the number of children under the age of four reached 718,923 children. There is great emphasis on the importance of caring for this group, especially pre-schoolers, whether in nurseries, kindergartens, or other institutions that care for early childhood.

Great efforts have been made in sponsoring this category by governmental, private and international institutions. Various programs have been presented to this category, the latest of which is the CARE project. This project is a structural project, meaning that it is a project that deals with activities related to changing various policies and programmes in improving and promoting early childhood in Palestine, including shedding light on the reality of early childhood in Palestine through a scientific conference that discusses all aspects related to childhood in Palestine.

Based on the above, the idea of the conference is to examine and address the reality of early childhood in Palestine, with a focus on the reality of socialization in Palestine through its various agencies, whether the family, nursery or kindergarten.

Al-Quds Open University invites you, through the Early Childhood Promotion Project in Palestine funded by Erasmus and in partnership with the European and local universities partnering in the project, to submit scientific papers within the themes of the conference, which will be held in Ramallah in ...

Conference Objectives

1. Shed light on the reality of kindergartens and nursery provision.
2. Explore and identify successful experiences and initiatives in the field of early childhood.
3. Involve the local community and its various stakeholders in advocating for children's rights and achieving civic and community participation in caring for children at an early age.
4. Produce a number of advanced research outputs in the field of early childhood, in partnership with partner European universities.

Conference Themes

1. The reality of kindergartens and nurseries in Palestine and the mechanism for strengthening these institutions
2. Successful experiences and initiatives in the field of early childhood care. Identification of good practice in Kindergarten and nursery provision
3. Legal frameworks that deal with early childhood; and educational research and policy making
4. Legislations of home nursery
5. Ethical issues
6. How to deal with trauma both for educators and children
7. Resilience for children
8. Educational leadership
9. Higher education in ECD- teacher education and development
10. Socialization of children in the digital age
11. Best practices for dealing with children by the agencies of socialization and education
12. Children with disabilities in early childhood: The Inclusion perspectives 
13. Literacy
14. Early childhood education curricula and methods
15. Digital technology and their impact on children
16. Training of trainers 0-6
17. Creative and innovative approaches
18. Inclusivity

Terms for participation in the conference

1. The research should be within the themes of the conference
2. To take into account the principles of scientific research, that is, rigour, originality and significance.
3. That the research has not been previously published or proposed for a previous conference.
4. The number of pages for the full paper should not exceed 25 pages in Arabic, and 15 pages in English, excluding references.
5. The research should include two Abstracts, one in Arabic and the other in English (250-500 words). Abstract should be structured to include Aims/Objectives, Methodology, Main Findings, Discussion/Analysis, Policy Implications/ Conclusion.

Deadlines

• Abstract submission deadline: 31/8/2024 
• Deadline for abstract acceptance is 10/09/2024
• The deadline for submitting the final research paper is 25/10/2024
• Inform of accepted research paper 10/11/2024
• The date of the conference is on 25/11/2024

Conference Committees

Preparatory Committee for the final conference:

Contact us

Abstracts are submitted via the following link:

Conference Paper Submission: https://care.edu.ps/conf_24/

Conference Website: https://care.edu.ps/conference