Getting to Know Your
International Contacts—Part 2
For this week, I chose to explore the center for
developing child, Harvard University. The center for developing child at
Harvard University was founded in 2006 on the belief that
the vitalityand
sustainability of any society depends on the extent to which it expands
opportunities early in life for all children to achieve their full potential
and engage in responsible and productive citizenship. The Center generates,
translates, and applies knowledge in the service of improving life outcomes for
children in the United States and throughout the world. (Center on the developing
Child at Harvard Unversity, 2010). While going through their website I really
gained three informative insights.
The first
insight is about Núcleo
Ciência Pela Infância, which is a program in Brazil that aims to use the science of child health and development to guide stronger
policies and larger investments to benefit young children and their families in
Brazil.
The second
insight that caught my attention is on their Science of Health and Development Initiative.
The mission of the Science of Health and Development Initiative is to advance
the scientific understanding of how genes, experiences, and environmental
influences interact during prenatal, child, and adolescent development to
affect brain development and lifelong outcomes in health, learning, and
behavior. It also represents an intersection of the biological and social
sciences at the Center on the Developing Child and encompasses research efforts
and applied work related to the biology of adversity, the early origins of
racial disparities, and toxic stress.
The
third insight that I gained is on their student, education and leadership development.
The Center’s Education and Leadership Development (ELD) agenda is a full suite
of formal and informal opportunities committed to enhancing the growth of the
next generation during the critical early stages of their intellectual
development. They focused on building the capacity of career professionals to
translate research into policy and action.
References
Bushra,
ReplyDeleteI explored this website, as well. I felt that the various efforts being made, not only in the U.S., but around the world to support early childhood were very inspiring. I think it is important to share our research with other countries, as well as to seek information from them. We all have something to learn from each other.
I also looked into this website. I found it very informative. It's great to see this website providing many different articles in which professionals are advocating for children.
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