Seminar hosted by Busy Bees India, EducationWorld Magazine, and ValeurHR on the importance of quality early childhood education.

1. Investing for the Smart City:
Five Points for Tri-City Education Leaders to Consider
JW Marriott Hotel, Chandigarh
16 August 2016
Dr Jeremy B Williams
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3. #1: Recent discoveries in brain
research have led to a rethink
on human capital investment

6. The link between social and emotional
development and cognitive development
Professor Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.
Harvard University

7. #2: There is no better ROI
than an investment in early
childhood education

8. Professor James Heckman
Nobel laureate economist

10. Returns per dollar
invested

12. #3: Investing in quality early
childhood education is of
paramount importance

13. J.J. Heckman (2000)
‘Policies to foster human
capital’, Research in
Economics, 54(1), 3-56.
The economic
debate is
over. Now it’s
a question of
how …

15. • Who gets to define
quality?
– Bureaucrats from a
govt education dept
– Auditors from a
professional
association
– Academic experts
– Local stakeholders
– Preschool
proprietors

19. Programmes
Process
People
Customers
Finance
The five pillars of a world class
early childhood education business
Investing in quality

20. Busy Bees Asia
Quality Assurance
Services
(Coming soon…)
Contributing to the discourse on quality
in early years education in India

21. #4: The professionalisation of the
early childhood education sector
requires investment in teachers

23. Professionalism
Committed to students and
their families, their
colleagues, and their own
continued professional
development

24. Professional and subject
matter expertise
ECE teachers need to be
knowledgeable about theory,
content and pedagogy

25. Relationships
ECE teachers must have an
an acute understanding of
the value of supportive and
effective relationships

26. Contextual
influences
ECE teachers must give
full consideration to
social and cultural
factors when planning
learning and teaching

27. Learning
environment
ECE teachers must know
how the environment can
affect the quality of the
learning experience

28. Reflective
practitioners
ECE teachers must
continually reflect on their
practice and experiences for
the purpose of professional
improvement

29. #5: A collaborative effort among
education thought leaders can
bring transformational change

31. From teaching to learning
Old World: Teacher Centric New World: Learner Centric

33. Media-rich content

34. • Facilitators are experts but new
content comes thick and fast
• Learners need to be encouraged to
share materials they find
• Acting as to the
curriculum increases

35. Collaborative learning model

36. • Learning is , not consumption.
• Knowledge is not something a learner
absorbs, but something a learner
creates

39. What I used to think, what I think now, and
how I will do things differently in the future

43. Can you play a YouTube without
this happening?

44. 1. Principles and Practices in
Preschool Education
2. Child Development and
Learning
3. Curriculum Development
and Pedagogy
4. Personal Growth and
Professional Development
5. Safety, Health and
Nutrition
International Certificate in Education for
Preschool Professionals
1. Principles and Practices in
Preschool Education
2. Child Development and
Learning
3. Curriculum Development
and Pedagogy
4. Safety, Health and
Nutrition
5. Personal Growth and
Professional Development

45. Bachelor’s degree in Early Years Education
Awarded by a UK
university
International Certificate in Education for Pre-school
Professionals (ICEPP)

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