ECI-NET

Transatlantic Consortium on Early Childhood Intervention: Advancement of Policy and Practice

 Finland      Germany      Portugal      Sweden      USA

Date: 

[ECI 2001-2005]

TRANSATLANTIC CONSORTIUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION (ECI) 2001-2005

The overall purpose of this International Curriculum is to identify and build on national and international perspectives and understandings about young children and early childhood intervention to achieve the goals below.

The goals of the international curriculum are to:
- strengthen practice and policy in early childhood intervention
- to expand the research base for early childhood intervention
- to prepare students for leadership roles in early childhood intervention

The international curriculum in Early Childhood Intervention is based on activities offered through the Transatlantic Consortium in Early Childhood Intervention during 2001-2005. Evaluation of Transatlantic Consortium activities informed the development of the international curriculum.

The objectives of the Transatlantic Consortium were:
1. Students will be offered the opportunity to consider the implications of theories and concepts in early childhood intervention for their own countries.
2. Students will be provided with a broad perspective on the field of early childhood intervention.
3. Students will engage in integrative activities to apply new ideas in their own settings.
4. Students will consider ways in which practices in their own countries might be applied abroad, with particular emphasis on the themes addressed at their host institutions.
5. Students will report increased awareness of cultural differences.

The overall purpose with the webpage is to serve as a resource to any student or faculty who is interested in participating in the program.

Coordinators:
EC: Eva Björck-Åkesson (Jönköping University, Sweden)
U.S.: Rune Simeonsson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA)

Links

UN
OECD
WHO
UNESCO
Save the children foundation
ECERS
CHILDHOOD
ISEI
EurlyAID
Swedish ministry of Education and Research
Swedish National Agency for Education

The contents of this web-site were developed under a grant from the European Commission, EU/US ATLANTIS Programme – Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Training - Agreement number 2006-4563 /001-001. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the European Commission, and you should not assume endorsement by the European Comission or participating countries.

The contents of this web-site were developed under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education, FIPSE, U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

10 December 2008