I browsed through the Harvard website and found out that the
Center on the Developing Child is a center that provides co-funding and
professional advisors for different programs around the World such as Brazil
and Chile. One of its important contributors was the center Mother Child
Education Foundation (AҪEV) in Turkey.
Turkey- in Turkey they have an excellent program for low
income families with the purpose to provide equality on educational
opportunities. They conduct research, publications, tv education programs, Early
Childhood and Family Education, Adult Literacy and Women’s Support Education,
Rural Education, Women’s Empowerment, Disability Rights, Gender, and Child
Protection. They have partners throughout Turkey as well as international
partners. They first investigate what are the needs of the particular region
they are helping and then create programs for such needs. The AҪEV programs are
available in 65 cities in Turkey. In America they have actually ran a pilot program
in Mexico in 2010.
Brazil- Núcleo
Ciência Pela Infância is a collaboration between the Center on the Developing
Child of Harvard university, and other funding partners. The program is a compiling
of information regarding science of child health and development that serves as
a tool to effectively communicate recent research to policy makers and social
leaders in Brazil. They also have a training program that effectively teaches
participants how to create programs, how to advocate for funding, and how to
implement the program. It is particularly referred to the problematic of
Brazil. You can visit the website for more information.
Chile- the program Un Buen Comienzo strives to improve the
early educational experiences of Chilean children (4-6 years old) through
professional development for teachers for two years at municipal schools. Their
goal is to improve the quality of education children receive with a focus on
language development as well as critical health areas. They also have seminars available.
Elisa,
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to hear from you on my blog! First I must say your post is full of great information on 3 countries with great further information with added with the links. I especially like the idea of Turkey's design with education for women, this is a direct link to helping low income children.
I hope all is well with you and your children are happy and healthy. I hope we are in a class together soon! Take care.
Thank you Tina, I hope that you are doing great too and I can't wait to be in class together again ;)
DeleteTake care.
Elisa thanks for sharing your post!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy reading your posts because you always share an abundance of information which could help the reader learn more about the particular subject or topic. I found it interesting all of the programs offered in Turkey and loved the fact they have a program geared towards women and education. I find it important because throughout the world there are places who believe that women should be educated.It is very important through awareness that we educate our fellow man on situations that can influenced their life. I would like to thank you again for sharing your post and I wish a strong finish for the course.
Sha'Keema
Thank you so much, my pleasure :)
DeleteI wish you a strong finish in the course too and I'm sure you will ;)
Hello Elisa,
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to read that Turkey works hard to provide quality education to children from low-income families. Also remarkable is Turkey’s focus on education and empowerment of women. Thank you for this useful information!