QUESTION 1: The importance of History in Early Childhood Education (ECE) is that it helps us to understand present day challenges and enables us to find solutions today to help us develop an ECE that provides a better future for young children. 1.1 1.2 1.3 The abovementioned evidence indicates that ECE must be of high quality for the benefits to be achieved. List five benefits of ECE that you have already observed as a practitioner. Discuss FIVE (5) key areas that are critical for the development of early childhood education (ECD) sector in the following key sectors: Infrastructure, nutrition, teacher training, ECD programmes and institutional capacity and funding. One factor which stands out in history as a contribution to the growth of ECE is the industrial revolution which brought about major changes in the economic world. 1.3.1 In your own understanding; define industrial revolution. 1.3.2 List any THREE (3) examples of the industrial revolution which impacted on ECE. (20) (5) (10) (2)​