Equality and diversity was the theme of this year's European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) conference. For the 700-plus delegates from all over the world who descended upon the Palais des Congres of the European Union in Strasbourg in August, discussion and learning was not restricted by traditional perceptions.
'We need to encourage practitioners to look at equality and diversity in its broadest possible sense,' says Professor Christine Pascal from the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC), a charitable trust dedicated to raising the quality of early childhood and family provision in order to enhance the life chances of children. 'In the 21st century, inclusion includes issues of gender, disability and social economic background as well as systemic diversities relating to services, educational practices and professions.'
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