This week I did email my connect in the UK, but I have yet to get a response from him this week. On the Harvard University's Global Children's Initiative website there was a lot of valuable information. There was a statement made about about educating the high level decision makers and how being rich or poor should not make a difference. I though that this was such a true statement and how it made me think about the education system here in the U.S.
I read an article about the Zambian Early Childhood Development Project. They created the first comprehensive assessment tool in Zambia. With this new assessment tool they plan to focus on developmental
areas that need the support, and get better intervention strategies. I think that it is great that they are analyzing the information that they are receiving from these assessments in order to better help the generations to come.
I also read an article called Studying the Effects of Global Adversity, Two Generations at a Time. This article talked about studying children at a younger age can provide better outlook into their future. There were children that were soldiers in the country of Sierra Leone and Theresa Betancourt is now able to study how mental health issues affect children as adults.
3 comments:
Thank you Chawanda for your insights and comments! Studying the generations will give good information that is so needed in developing countries.
Having a means to access will hopefully mean changes and reform in the Education system of Zambia.
Talk to you soon,
Maria
I like that more people are noticing that the earlier they help out children, the better results they have in the future. It is a huge step for these countries to take notice about these children. I am excited to see where this leads for the future.
Chawanda,
I think it is amazing how the things we have such simple access to like assessments can be such a struggle for those in other countries to create and use. However, I think it is so important that countries like Zambia are on the right path to helping the future of their country.
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