Global Chindren's Initiative

 

Three new ideas or insights that have became apparent throughout Harvard’s Global Children’s Initiative are spread forth through early childhood development,  development, mental health of a child, and  children in crisis and conflict situations. I feel that all three of these domains can make a difference in a child’s education, whether good or bad.  With early childhood development the means of acknowledgement has to be addressed in order to make sure that the child is developing properly through their early education life. Having this incorporates needs to coincide with mental health, because mentally the child needs to be stable. This all contains the “science of learning, behavior, and health beginning in the earlier stages of life.” (Global Children’s Initiative, 2012)

 Lastly, the idea of crisis and conflict situations can uphold a huge impact in a child’s life. I feel that facing adversity, at such a young age, can cause disarray to the child mentally while creating a sense for them to become unfocused, not driven, and depressed. Thereby means of recognizing this situation and finding out ways to diminish the issue can help the child succeed in life. The videos were also informative, even though they were not in English. I feel that with language barriers the means of recognizing issues, trends, and ideas are still transparent and cross-cultural.

 

I have also found that it is extremely important to research and gather collective data references in order to pinpoint areas of lack. Implementation, evaluation, and knowledge all take part in creating a better educational society for children and their families, along with preparing children for the future in order to become better “leaders” for their generation.

Reference

 

Global Children’s Initiative (2012) Mission and Activities: Adversity.  The President and

                   Fellows at Harvard College. Accessed April 6, 2013 
                   http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/