The Critical Importance of Foundational Pre-School Education: An Economic Analysis
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The Critical Importance of Foundational Pre-School Education: An Economic Analysis
- 1. The Critical Importance of Foundational Pre-School Education: An Economic Analysis Professor Jeremy B Williams Chief Academic Officer Knowledge Universe Education Early Childhood Education Global Conference: ECE: Opportunities and Challenges Grand Hyatt Hotel, Santa Cruz, Mumbai 17 July 2010
- 3. The standard economic analysis of the net benefits tosocietyof education Social Costs/Returns SC SR Years in education A B C ECE/K-8 9-12 Post-Sec Life-long learning
- 4. Recent brain development research has upset mainstream thinking …
- 5. The human brain and critical periods for learning in a person’s development John Abbott, President of The 21st Century Learning Initiativewww.21learn.org
- 6. The link between social and emotional development and cognitive development “ …When it comes to brain circuitry, it’s better to get it right the first time, than to try and fix it later.” Professor Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.Harvard University
- 8. A speech from a little known US Senator in 2006 …
- 10. J.J. Heckman (2000) ‘Policies to foster human capital’, Research in Economics, 54(1), 3-56. The economic debate is over
- 12. Returns per dollar invested
- 13. Rate of Return:Why Early Investment Matters
- 14. Professor W. Steven Barnett Director of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University
- 15. What Barnett (2008) tells us …
- 17. higher earnings and resulting higher tax revenues
- 18. increased labour-force participation of parents
- 20. Change the early years. Change life.
- 22. The 2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report stated that only 53% of the world’s countries have ECE programmes for children under 3 These are mostly in North America and Western Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean
- 23. So what about India? …
- 24. Population: 1.17 billion; 1.38% p.a. Per capita income: US$1089 (US$4542 in PPP) 50% of the population is below 25 years 360 million children of school-going age The largest child population in the world
- 27. 25 3.4% of children aged 2-4 yrs are in pre-school (cf. 14.4% in the US)
- 28. 361 million should be in school 219 million are in school Drop-out rates … Grades 1-4: 16% (25m) Grades 5-8: 43% (39m) Grades 9-12: 68% (78m)
- 29. What does a strategic approach to ECE look like? …
- 30. 1. Proven effectiveness Using ‘available funds wisely’ (Heckman 2000), policy makers will be focusing on replicating ECE models that have proven their effectiveness. Typically these models have relatively small class sizes and well-educated teachers with adequate remuneration
- 31. 2. Quality assurance Teachers in these model ECE programmes (whether public or private) will be receiving intensive supervision and mentoring They will be involved in a continuous improvement process for learning and teaching
- 32. 3. Regular review These ECE programmes will be regularly assessing a child’s learning and development to monitor the extent to which they are meeting their institutional goals
- 33. 4. Holistic approach ECE programmes will embrace a pedagogy that develops the whole child (including social and emotional development and self-regulation) This will help to produce positive effects on children’s behaviour, which leads to later reductions in crime and delinquency.
- 34. 5. Public policy More broadly, ECE policy needs to be developed within the context of comprehensive public policy to support child development from birth to age 5 and beyond With priority for socioeconomically disadvantaged children who are likely to benefit most.
- 35. Credits … Source for India data http://www.flickr.com/photos/alokputul/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/happyhorizons/ Heckman [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMx2e-PA0U&feature=related Heckman [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leA7EDrPLi4&feature=related Abbott: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCHsBk3edvg&NR=1 Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkWbu54LJ_8&feature=channel Harvard Education: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLiP4b-TPCA&feature=related theounceofprevention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbSp88PBe9E&feature=PlayList&p=C41F8076EF5B47B2&playnext_from=PL&index=4&playnext=1 Ms KirtanaHariharan, Research Analyst, Knowledge Universe Education
- 36. Thank you for listening authenticlearning.wordpress.com jeremybwilliams This presentation is available at: www.jeremybwilliams.net/jbw/Presentations.html
Editor's Notes
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- 2008: India ranks 99th in the list of Education For All (EFA) Development Index among 125 countries, even though there have been reductions in the number of out-of-school children since 2004
- 361 million should be in school. 219 million are in school