Netcasts
Our collection of podcasts is available for download on iTunes U, under the Yale University Humanities and Social Sciences section, or you may subscribe to a RSS Feed that will automatically update whenever new content is released. You may listen to our featured podcasts in streaming mp3 format by following the links below:
Director, Emeritus, The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development & Social Policy, discusses the history of Head Start in his keynote address to the Edward Zigler Mid-west Research Institute.
Columnist, Author and Founder of www.freerangekids.comdiscusses parenting.
What Makes A Perfect Parent? (Trick Question).
Video available through CT-N web site.
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Child Study Center, describes her project on developing a national early childhood program in Kosovo, done in collaboration with Pia Rebello Britto and Jan van Ravens, in partnership with UNICEF Kosovo.
Laying an Evidence-based Foundation for a National Early Childhood Development Program in Kosovo
Co-founders of All Our Kin, discuss how their program works to create high-quality, sustainable family child care programs in New Haven, CT. (9/30/2011)
All Our Kin: Creating High-Quality, Sustainable Family Child Care Programs
Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (10/29/2010)
Faith Lamb-Parker
Assistant Clinical Professor of Population and Family Health, School of Public Health, Columbia University, describes her work in rural South Africa. (4/17/2009)
Preschool as "Point of Entry" for Community-based Research, Training and Advocacy for "Under 3s" in Rural South Africa
Link to the mp3 file Coming soon...
Russell Carson
Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, discusses strategies to overcome child caregiver stress. (3/26/2009)
Childcare Provider Stress and Burnout: The Promise of Daily Rejuvenation Strategies
Hollee McGinnis
Policy and OperationsDirector, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, describes issues of race and identity development among children who were adopted. (2/27/2009)
The Color of Love: Race, Identity and Adoption Politics and Policy
Marc Ginsberg
Executive Director, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), discusses recent developments in early education. (2/6/2009)
Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century: Critical Issues During a Critical Time
Marc Brackett
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Yale University, discusses his work in schools. (12/12/2008)
A Skill-basedSustainable Approach to Building Emotionally Healthy Schools
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl
Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Colombia, discusses her work promoting children's social and emotional competence in schools. (12/5/2008)
Jerome Singer, Professor of Psychology and Child Study Center, Emeritus and Dorothy Singer, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Psychology and Senior Research Associate, Child Study Center, Yale University, discuss their international research on children's play. (11/25/2008)
Play and Pastimes in Sixteen Countries
Marcy Guddemi
Executive Director, Gesell Institute of Human Development, discusses the importance of play for children's education and development. (11/12/2008)
The Role of Play in an Overly-academic Curriculum
Walter Gilliam
Director, Zigler Center, discusses the Connecticut School Readiness Program and compares it to other state-funded pre-kindergarten programs across the US. (11/10/2008)
The Connecticut School Readiness Program: Strengths and Challenges
Stanley Vitello
Professor, Rutgers University, discusses the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilites and the Response of the United States and other nations. (10/31/2008)
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: US Response or the Lack of One
Beverly Falk
Professor and Program Director, Graduate Programs in Early Childhood Education, School of Education, The City College of New York, describes educational practices that fit with how children learn. (10/24/2008)
Teaching the Way Children Learn
Mary Njoroge
Former Director of Basic Education, Education Ministry of Kenya, addresses what remains to be done for universal access to quality education in her country. (9/30/2008)
Education for All (Part 1)
Sarah Beardmore
Manager of the RESULTS Educational Fund's Education for All Campaign, shares an overview of the challenges the global community must confront to achieve education for all. (9/30/2008)
Education for All (Part 2)
