I choose to explore something from Harvard University Early Childhood Development Center.
They have a program in Brazil to help the community there to use scientific knowledge to children build up a strong foundation for lifelong healthy.
Another program,Saving Brains, "The Saving Brains portfolio of activities is designed to develop and
broaden the reach of products, services, and policies that protect and
nurture early brain development. Its activities work to support the
lifelong health of children and provide selected countries with a
strategy to help break the cycle of poverty. "
Third, "The Global Children's Initiative (GCI)
provides support to research activities led by affiliated faculty
members of the Center who work closely with researchers and institutions
in low- and middle-income countries around the world. Each project has
fostered interdisciplinary collaboration to generate new evidence and
insights about how child development unfolds in diverse cultural
contexts."
It is quite exciting to know that one of the best universities in the world not only doing research but have practical programs in early childhood areas.
Hi Xia,
ReplyDeleteThe Global Children's Initiative seems like it is very helpful to families in lower incomes, and its nice that its all around the world not just one country. Using diverse contexts is important, hopefully meany students will benefit from their research. Thanks for sharing!
Rose
Xia -
ReplyDeleteI also looked at the Global Children's Initiative and was very impressed at the work they are doing for the early childhood field. The programs they support and are active in are without a doubt making changes in the lives of young children, as well as early childhood professionals. They provide research for professional development and allow early childhood professionals to explore and gain knowledge through their work. I would be excited to learn more about each program and potential ways that I could be more involved. Thanks for sharing.
Pamela
Very interesting and such an awesome program that Harvard University does with building up a strong foundation for lifelong health. America has a high obesity rate and this is something that is important to instill into everyone especially the children of today.
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