Getting to Know Your International Contact

While exploring the Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website the new ideas and insight I gained about early childhood system around the globe is that as much as we find early childhood education to be vital in the development for children many around the world are believing it to be true as well. Canada has developed a program that nurtures and protects early brain development in the first 1000 days of child’s life. Seeking to improve outcomes for children living in poverty. The program brings together mentors and experts in the fields of early childhood development, innovation systems, and learning communities.

Brazil is taking great strides to ensure that their young learners have life-long success. The NCPI Program is preparing leaders to leverage the science of healthy development in the design and implementation of innovative policies and programs that reduce preventable disparities and promote greater well-being for all Brazilian children and is Building a Brazilian scientific community around early childhood development. NCPI is committed to Building a unified science of child development to explain the early roots of lifelong health, learning, and behavior in Brazil.

Additional information about issues of equity and excellence I acquired from your international sources, is what we do or don't do as individuals, educators, and collectively as society can impede a child's success in learning. These national organizations call for schooling to place greater emphasis on: Active, hands-on learning Conceptual learning that leads to understanding along with acquisition of basic skill Meaningful, relevant learning experiences Interactive teaching and cooperative learning, A broad range of relevant content, integrated across traditional subject matter divisions At the same time, these national organizations unanimously criticize rote memorization, drill and practice on isolated academic skills, teacher lecture, and repetitive seatwork (S. Bredekamp, R.A. Knuth, L.G. Kunesh, and D.D. Shulman 1992) .

Reference:

Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/),

http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching/eecd/Curriculum/Planning/edudev_art_00421_081806.html