Tag: Early Childhood Development

Food for thought? Evidence from Young Lives sheds new light on the impact of Ethiopia’s PSNP for children’s foundational cognitive skills

by Kath Ford, Richard Freund, Sophie von Russdorf and Alula Pankhurst | May 9, 2023 | Learning

New research from Young Lives on foundational cognitive skills provides ground-breaking evidence that children from households benefitting from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) have better long-term memory and implicit learning skills than children from similar households that do not receive PSNP support. Read More

Making assessments more accessible for children with disabilities

by Veronica Stapleton | Feb 20, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

The International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) tool, created by Save the Children in 2011, measures children’s early learning and development. Its play-based tasks help evaluate motor development, emergent literacy, emergent numeracy and social-emotional development. The tool is designed to assess children from three to six years old and… Read More

Early childhood education in the face of COVID-19: An opportunity amidst crisis?

by Lynette Okengo, Robert Jenkins and Justin w. van Fleet | Jun 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Learning

This article is written by Lynette Okengo, executive director of the African Early Childhood Network; Robert Jenkins, associate director of education for UNICEF; and Justin W....

How Early Years Practitioners can help parents navigate home learning

by Lyn Challender | Jun 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Learning

This article was written by Lyn Challender, Early Years Professional Development Adviser with Education Development Trust. It was originally published in the Early Years Educator...

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

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...

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

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...

Getting every child ready to learn

by Elizabeth Spier, Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Paul Oburu | Jul 20, 2018 | Early Childhood

By Dr Elizabeth Spier (American Institutes for Research), Hirokazu Yoshikawa (New York University) and Paul Oburu (New York University and Maseno University, Kenya). This blog...

The Early Human Capability Index: facilitating national monitoring of early childhood development in low- and middle-income countries

by Sally Brinkman and Alanna Sincovich | Jul 10, 2018 | Early Childhood

This blog was written by Dr Sally Brinkman, Head of Child Health Development and Education at Telethon Kids and a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia,...

Pre-schools in Vietnam: innovative approach for better learning and participating

by Anna Murru | Mar 27, 2018 | Early Childhood

This blog was written by Anna Murru, Adèle Dachy and Filip Lenaerts, VVOB How can a pre-school teacher make sure that all children in the class are learning? At first glance, it...

The ‘Whats’ and ‘Whys’ discussed at UKFIET 2017

by Mansi Nanda | Dec 19, 2017 | 2017 UKFIET Conference

This blog was written by Mansi Nanda, Senior Research Associate at ASER Centre, Pratham Education Foundation. For the 2017 UKFIET conference, 23 individuals were provided with...

Early Childhood Development in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

by Sheldon Schaeffer | Aug 9, 2013 | Early Childhood, Post 2015, Reactions to High Level Panel Report

A response to the report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Developed in collaboration with the Consultative Group on Early Childhood...