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Gómez, Patricia; del Castillo, Héctor; Monge, Carlos – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: Smartphones are a resource noticeably inserted into people's daily lives, but they are not nearly as present within the various educational systems around the world. The improper use of smartphones can certainly carry some risks, such as a sedentary lifestyle or even addiction. For the aforementioned reasons, promoting literacy by…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Early Childhood Education, Child Development
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
In this article, the author presents the challenges faced by early childhood education in 29 countries, according to the World Forum National Representatives and Global Leaders for Young Children. The countries represented in these responses include: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Fiji, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Preschool Curriculum
Smale, Jim, Ed. – Early Childhood Matters, 1999
This document consists of the three 1999 issues of The Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Early Childhood Matters." This periodical, addressed to practitioners in the field of early childhood education, evolved from an in-house publication directed to projects funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Articles in the February 1999 edition…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education, Developed Nations
United Nations Children's Fund, Paris (France). – 1987
This digest presents the main elements of a regional seminar held in Sucre, Bolivia, to analyze and assess basic education and literacy programs that have been implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition to UNICEF and UNESCO officials, some 36 experts from 11 countries participated in the meeting. Although the initial aim of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Young, Mary Eming – 1999
Early childhood programs have been shown to enhance school readiness, increase the efficacy of investments in primary schools and human capital formation, foster beneficial social behavior and, thereby, lessen social welfare costs, and promote community development. The World Bank has directed investment toward young children, including supporting…
Descriptors: Activism, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare
Young, Mary Eming – 1999
Early childhood programs have been shown to enhance school readiness, increase the efficacy of investments in primary schools and human capital formation, foster beneficial social behavior and, thereby, lessen social welfare costs, and promote community development. The World Bank has directed investment toward young children, including supporting…
Descriptors: Activism, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare
Young, Mary Eming – 1996
Early childhood programs have been shown to enhance school readiness, increase the efficacy of investments in primary schools and human capital formation, foster beneficial social behavior and, thereby, lessen social welfare costs, and promote community development. The World Bank has directed investment toward young children, including supporting…
Descriptors: Activism, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare