scholarly journals Foreword toEvery Child's Potential: Integrating Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Interventions

2014 ◽  
Vol 1308 (1) ◽  
pp. v-vi
Author(s):  
Mandana Arabi
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Development Interventions

Building Academic Foundation Through Investing in Early Childhood Education and Development in South African Informal Settlement

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-271
Author(s):  
Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
South African ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
Poor Nutrition

In the developing world alone, there are over 200 million children who are in need of immediate early childhood development interventions. Most affected by poor or lack of quality ECD are the poor and those children in low income households. Early childhood development interventions protect children against the effects of poverty, poor nutrition, inadequate healthcare, and a lack of education. Globally, various ECD programme interventions in communities clearly indicate that communities and families want quality ECD programmes for their children at a cost that is affordable. In South Africa, quality early childhood development interventions could have a significant effect in reducing poverty and inequality. This chapter interrogates the challenges and benefits of extending quality ECE & D particularly to disadvantaged and materially deprived children in South African informal settlements. The chapter is based empirical research as well as secondary data in the form of books, book chapters, and accredited journals.

The expansion of early childhood development services and the need to reconceptualize evidence

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Christin E Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Development Interventions

The provision of early childhood development services is expanding in developing countries. The rationale behind this expansion is rooted in developmental psychology, socio-economic and human rights narratives. However, there are some limitations to this rationale, which are in particular related to the implicit universalism it assumes. This article outlines how early childhood development interventions imply a policing of families and childhood, which calls for a stronger consideration of context. As a consequence, the scope of what counts as evidence in early childhood development research needs to be questioned. The article is a theoretical contribution to the discourse of what early childhood development ‘does’. A critical approach, addressing the ideals and values that are communicated in early childhood development programmes and how they relate to dominant parenting ideals and practices in the society in question, should be an integral part of the expansion of early childhood development in the global South in the future.

scholarly journals Early Childhood Development Interventions and Cognitive Development of Young Children in Rural Vietnam

2005 ◽  
Vol 135 (8) ◽  
pp. 1918-1925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichiro Watanabe ◽  
Rafael Flores ◽  
Junko Fujiwara ◽  
Lien Thi Huong Tran
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Development Interventions
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