Quality in Early Childhood Education: an International Review and Guide for Policy Makers
High quality early childhood education has an important impact on later development and learning of children. It comprises the emotional, social and cognitive development, as well as the key transversal skills including language, self-regulation and playfulness. Why is education in the early years so crucial? And what policies and practices make quality early childhood education […]
Prof. Colin Blakemore: “Without effective education, a country is nothing”
In this exclusive interview, Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford in the UK, asserts that “an ideal education system would be one which is built on knowledge of how a child’s brain naturally develops and learns.” According to Professor Blakemore, the period between approximately 2 and 5 years old is a particularly sensitive […]