These videos are from the SDG Academy course The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development, first launched in 2016 and led by New York University Professor Hirokazu Yoshikawa.
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From SDG Academy on 4 June, 2020
This live Q&A session took place on June 4, 2020, and answered questions related to early childhood development, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic… -
From SDG Academy on 1 September, 2019
Click here to enroll in The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development:… -
From SDG Academy on 6 October, 2020
Recording of a live Q&A with Dr. Aisha K. Yousafzai from the SDG Academy course The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development. … -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Early care and education is an important sector for young children because it is where children spend the most time aside from their family worldwide, and it corresponds… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
There are three main language skills that researchers follow in young children: phonological development, or the ability to perceive and produce the sounds of… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
An introduction to the course The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development. This course is about children in the context of the… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
This chapter discusses multi-sector platforms to promote ECD, including health, nutrition, education, social protection, and child protection. Children can experience… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
The Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) made no mention of Early Childhood Development except for infant mortality and maternal mortality, which the world has made… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Resilience is the capacity and the reality of overcoming adversity and producing positive outcomes in spite of risk factors that increase the probability of a poor… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
It is important for the health sector to strengthen interventions to promote ECD because there are common risk factors that are not only harmful for physical health and… -
From SDG Academy on 18 February, 2021
This live Q&A session took place on Feb 17, 2021, and answered questions related to early childhood development, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
This chapter discusses the development of cognitive and executive function skills across the ages of three to eight, focusing on themes including pretend or symbolic… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
This chapter discusses the revolution in neurobiology that are giving us a deeper understanding of how early experience affects the developing brain. Early experiences… -
From SDG Academy on 14 January, 2020
Aisha Yousafzai answers questions relating to week 4 of the SDG Academy course "The Best Start in Life. " -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
There is a need for an R&D platform and an innovation dimension to the ECD field. There are disparities worldwide in the social determinants of health and… -
From SDG Academy on 14 January, 2020
Hirokazu Yoshikawa answers questions relating to the first week of our course The Best Start in Life.