International Edition Table of Contents
Brain Development
Overview
1. Early brain development
1.1 Brain architecture
1.2 Experience-based brain development
Research
2. Brain development research
2.1 Genes and environments
2.2 Prenatal experience
2.3 Nurturing
2.4 Stress
2.5 Memory
2.6 The social brain
Links to practice
3. Practices for healthy brain development
3.1 Advancing maternal & prenatal health
3.2 Caring through everyday experience
3.3 Strengthening caregiving practices
Coping and Competence
Overview
1. Coping and competence overview
1.1 Self-regulation
1.2 Individual differences
Research
2. Coping and competence research
2.1. Early regulatory systems
2.2 Family relationships
2.3 Emotional learning
2.4 Executive functions
2.5 Early adversity
2.6 Resilience
2.7 Play, coping and competence
Links to practice
3. Supports for coping and competence
3.1 Understanding feelings and behaviours
3.2 Getting along with others
3.3 Valuing play
Communicating and Learning
Overview
1. Communicating and learning in early childhood
1.1 Acquiring language
1.2 Thinking and learning
Research
2. Communicating and learning research
2.1 Early language development
2.2 Bilingualism and multilingualism
2.3 Early literacy
2.4 Early mathematics
2.5 Early learning and transition to school
Links to practice
3. Opportunities for communicating and learning
3.1 Supporting learning and development
3.2 Creating environments for learning
3.3 Considering curriculum
The Ecology of Childhood
Overview
1. Contexts of early human development
1.1 Cultural nature of human development
1.2 Children’s rights
Research
2. Ecology of childhood research
2.1 Home life
2.2. Gender disparities
2.3 Early child development programs
2.4 Environmental risks and climate change
2.5 Children growing up in challenging circumstances
Links to practice
3. Environments for children
3.1 Listening to families and communities
3.2 Strengthening the ECD workforce
3.3 Advancing child and family friendly policies
Developmental Health
Overview
1. The developmental health perspective
1.1 Shaping life course trajectories
1.2 Growing up in poverty
Research
2. Developmental health research
2.1 Social determinants of health
2.2 Poverty and children’s developmental
2.3 Monitoring early child development
2.4 Scaling up
Links to practice
3. Supporting developmental health
3.1 Advocating for ECD
3.2 Investing in early child development
3.3 ECD: A global agenda
