As I wait for my European contacts to reply to my emails, I have investigated other International websites. There is a wealth of
free of low cost resources developed to inform the practices of early education
professionals.
The Harvard
University, Center on the Developing Child has a site, the Global Children’s
Initiative. It focuses upon a unified multidisciplinary approach including
education, behavioral sciences, business, and government to research, serve and
improved upon child outcomes. This website provides written and visual supports
highlighting successful approaches within the early education field worldwide.
There are links to Centers and initiatives in Brazil, Zambia and Chili. Multiple short videos associated with the topics of child development are also featured.
Many can be found in a variety of languages. Videos highlight topics such as
brain architecture, toxic stress and foundations for life long health. This
resource can be found at :
There are also
PowerPoint resources to support professional learning communities.
The National
Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) provides options for
continuing education credits. This site also offers free access to archived
webinars. Through NAEYC, I down loaded the presentation Challenging Behavior
and Culture – A Connection? Creating Culturally Respectful ECE Environments,
presented by Barbara Kaiser. In this
30 minute presentation, she defines and identifies factors that impact cultural
identities and reflects upon the role that culture has on our development.
Participants address the impact of culture on their own performance. This
presentation addresses the juxtapositions between school and diverse cultures.
It culminates with some practical solutions that can easily be implemented
within the early education environments.
References:
Center on the Developing Child. Harvard University. In brief series. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/videos/inbrief_series/
Children with . Harvard Graduate
School of Education. Retrieved June 02,
2013 from http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/tag/center-on-the-developing-child/
Early Childhood Investigations(Executive Producer). (May 15, 2013). Behavior and culture – a connection? Creating culturally respectful ECE environments. Retrieved from http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.com/presentations/the-connection-between-culture-and-challenging-behavior-creating-caring-culturally-respectful-early-learning-environments/
National Association for the Education of Young Children.(Website). Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/
National Association for the Education of Young Children.(Website). Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/
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