The center for developing child (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/).
Currently, Núcleo Ciência Pela Infância is a collaboration between the Center, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of São Paulo, and Insper. This project represents a unique opportunity for the Center to work with Brazilian scholars, policymakers, and civil society leaders to adapt the Center’s programmatic model for the local context in order to catalyze more effective policies and programs that will, ultimately, foster a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable society.(2014; Center for the Developing Child) The current push in the country of Brazil is to develop a community of scientist and scholars whose main focus is on the development of early childhood policies. Their hope is to apply this research into equitable and fair social programs that will benefit all children in the country of Brazil. This push is a result of the rapidly expanding economic growth within the country of Brazil and the wide disparities gaps within the country.
In the country of Zambia, a number of studies are being conducted to investigate the impact of early childhood experiences on development, health and educational outcomes from children in developing countries. The ZECDP ( Zambian Early Childhood Development Project ) collaborators hope that the data collected as part of this project, as well as future work in this area, will not only improve understanding of child development in this context but also help identify key interventions towards improved outcomes in a rapidly changing developing world.
In the country of Chile Un Buen Comienzo (UBC), “A Good Start,” is a collaborative project in Santiago, Chile, to improve early childhood education through teacher professional development. The idea is to improve the quality of educational offerings for four-to-six-year-olds, particularly in the area of language development. This project is also designed to intervene in critical health areas that improve school attendance as well as socio-emotional development, and it seeks to involve the children's families in their education.( 2014; Center for the Developing Child)
Brazil, Zambia, and Chile are three countries seeking to make changes in the future of the children within their countries through changes in the current policies of early childhood development and education. While each has begun to approach their initiatives in different ways, the goals of all three are to improve the lives of their children and families.
(http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/),
Currently, Núcleo Ciência Pela Infância is a collaboration between the Center, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of São Paulo, and Insper. This project represents a unique opportunity for the Center to work with Brazilian scholars, policymakers, and civil society leaders to adapt the Center’s programmatic model for the local context in order to catalyze more effective policies and programs that will, ultimately, foster a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable society.(2014; Center for the Developing Child) The current push in the country of Brazil is to develop a community of scientist and scholars whose main focus is on the development of early childhood policies. Their hope is to apply this research into equitable and fair social programs that will benefit all children in the country of Brazil. This push is a result of the rapidly expanding economic growth within the country of Brazil and the wide disparities gaps within the country.
In the country of Zambia, a number of studies are being conducted to investigate the impact of early childhood experiences on development, health and educational outcomes from children in developing countries. The ZECDP ( Zambian Early Childhood Development Project ) collaborators hope that the data collected as part of this project, as well as future work in this area, will not only improve understanding of child development in this context but also help identify key interventions towards improved outcomes in a rapidly changing developing world.
In the country of Chile Un Buen Comienzo (UBC), “A Good Start,” is a collaborative project in Santiago, Chile, to improve early childhood education through teacher professional development. The idea is to improve the quality of educational offerings for four-to-six-year-olds, particularly in the area of language development. This project is also designed to intervene in critical health areas that improve school attendance as well as socio-emotional development, and it seeks to involve the children's families in their education.( 2014; Center for the Developing Child)
Brazil, Zambia, and Chile are three countries seeking to make changes in the future of the children within their countries through changes in the current policies of early childhood development and education. While each has begun to approach their initiatives in different ways, the goals of all three are to improve the lives of their children and families.
(http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/),
It sounds as if a lot of programs are being put into place to help children in a lot of countries. This sounds good and very interesting. Whenever something is introduced or implemented to improve the lives of children and families, and a passionate early childhood educator and mother of small children, this lights up my heart. Do you know if there are ways in which you can personally donate or interact on these projects that are about to take place and if so would you if you possibly could? How do you feel about the programs and do you feel that these type of programs will also be good for our own country? We have a lot of language development problems and we also could use a program implemented to help children learn different languages, making it apart of the mandated curriculum. How do you feel about all of this?
ReplyDeleteIt is exciting to learn that Global Children's Initiative is working toward child health and development.
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