Answer to Question #213546 in English for Xitshembiso

Question

1. In your view, why western perspectives dominant in south Africa's ECD.

2. What message is serpell (2008) trying to convey by writing "Scientific" in inverted commas and with capital letter "S".

Answer 1

In my view, western perspectives are dominant in South Arica’s ECD because the formal education in South Africa is predominantly based on Western system.

Serpell tries to convey the message that scientific words sometimes may not be English or may not have the universal meaning as the ordinary use of the word.