Early Childhood Archives - The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET)

Combining monitoring and advocacy for a 10 per cent spending target on pre-primary education

by Pauline Rose and Asma Zubairi | Apr 12, 2023 | Early Childhood | 0

The first five years of a child’s life are among the most critical for their long-term development. This has now become recognised in the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals, which includes an explicit focus on ensuring that ‘all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care… Read More

Involving the community in raising children’s foundational learning outcomes: Evidence from India

by Suman Bhattacharjea, Deepak Kumar and Ricardo Sabates | Jul 18, 2022 | Early Childhood, Literacy and Numeracy | 2

Achieving basic literacy and numeracy skills is fundamental for successful learning through the schooling cycle. Supporting children to achieve these foundational skills requires not just teachers, but multiple stakeholders working together to enable meaningful understandings and applications of these skills. But, how can multiple stakeholders work together to ensure that… Read More

Montessori Model to Build Back Better in Delhi Government School

by Shreyan Acharya and Himanshu Gupta | Jun 27, 2022 | Early Childhood, Learning | 0

The 8th of March 2022 marked a new dawn in the history of government schools in Delhi, especially at the primary level, as the Montessori Lab was launched in a government-run school for the first time. Read More

Access to and learning outcomes from early childhood education: equity considerations for refugees and non-refugees in Uganda

by Bea Simpson, Mary Goretti Nakabugo and Ricardo Sabates | Oct 8, 2021 | 2021 UKFIET Conference, Early Childhood | 0

This blog was written by Bea Simpson, PhD (Education) student at the University of Cambridge; Mary Goretti Nakabugo (PhD), Executive Director of Uwezo Uganda; and Ricardo...

Learning with Mothers: Mobiles, Motivation, and Measurement. Early Childhood Education Interventions in Pratham

by Varsha Hari Prasad | Sep 28, 2021 | 2021 UKFIET Conference, Early Childhood | 0

This blog was written by Varsha Hari Prasad, Senior Associate at the Measurement, Monitoring, and Evaluation unit at Pratham Education Foundation, India. Pratham’s early...

Ethiopia Builds its First National Assessment of Pre-primary Education

by Belay Hagos Hailu and Fitsum Mulugeta | Apr 14, 2021 | Assessment, Early Childhood, Learning | 0

This article was written by Dr. Belay Hagos, Associate Professor of Education, Director, Institute of Educational Research, Addis Ababa University and Fitsum Mulugeta, Education...

Supporting Early Childhood in Ghana during the pandemic

by Susan Place Everhart | Feb 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Early Childhood | 0

This article was written by Susan Place Everhart, CEO of Sabre Education. It was originally published on the Sabre Education website on 28 January 2021. The COVID-19 Pandemic has...

Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty: New Research on Early Childhood Services for Refugee Children and Families

by Katherine Merseth King | Aug 25, 2020 | Early Childhood, Education and Migration | 0

This article was written by Katherine Merseth King, Director Early Childhood Development, RTI International. It was originally published on the RTI International website on 29...

The world post-COVID-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar

by Sheldon Shaeffer | Jun 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Early Childhood | 1

This blog was written by Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair of the Board of Directors, Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC). It was originally published on the ARNEC...

The threat of COVID-19 on Ethiopia’s recent gains in pre-primary education

by Janice Kim and Pauline Rose | May 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Early Childhood | 5

This blog was written by Janice Kim, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Pauline Rose, Director, REAL Centre, University of Cambridge. Pauline is also International Research Team...

Gender and sexual identities in early childhood curricula: The case of Canada

by UKFIET | Nov 18, 2019 | Early Childhood, Learning | 0

The authors of this post are contributors to Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. Dr Pamela Malins, Assistant Professor, University of New Brunswick, Education, explores...

Opinion: The sharp decline in aid to early childhood education is leaving the youngest behind

by Justin w. van Fleet and Pauline Rose | Apr 9, 2019 | Early Childhood | 2

This blog was written by Pauline Rose, professor of international education at the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, and director of the Research for Equitable...

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