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Education is crucial for global development and for the success of sustainable development, but this chapter discusses the content of learning to be good citizens in a… -
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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… -
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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… -
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This chapter is about socio-emotional development, about when the children develop the important skills for cooperation and contribution in terms of pro-social and moral… -
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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. … -
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This chapter contains a brief introduction to the concept of development. Development is not just a function of nature or nurture, but the interaction between biology… -
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This chapter discusses the revolution in neurobiology that are giving us a deeper understanding of how early experience affects the developing brain. Early experiences… -
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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… -
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There are three main language skills that researchers follow in young children: phonological development, or the ability to perceive and produce the sounds of… -
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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… -
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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… -
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In this video, Professor Richard Cash interviews Professor Vikram Patel on the topic of mental health issues on a global spectrum. This video is licensed under the CC… -
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Language skills continue to develop rapidly between the age of three to eight, most noticeably in vocabulary, pragmatics, which is how children use language in… -
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Adversity has disruptive effects on the development of the brain and body, especially when children are living in environments burdened by deep poverty, exposure to… -
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This chapter discusses multi-sector platforms to promote ECD, including health, nutrition, education, social protection, and child protection. Children can experience… -
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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…