Expanding Access to Early Childhood Development Using Interactive Audio Instruction

A large body of solid evidence demonstrates the significant effects of early childhood education and development (ECED) interventions on children’s success in school, long-term social integration, and improved life chances. Interactive audio instruction (IAI) provides one solution to the challenge of providing high quality ECE at scale and at reasonable costs. The IAI medium allows for the development and delivery of both teacher and caregiver training and direct instruction, using best practices in ECE, and has demonstrated powerful results in contexts as diverse as Honduras, Nepal, El Salvador, Indonesia, Zanzibar, Malawi, and Paraguay. The document outlines a general approach to high-quality IAI production for ECD, and uses the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) case study to detail the development process. It also provides technical recommendations for how to scale-up production and delivery in the DRC and considerations for program adaptation in other similar contexts, including an outline of necessary steps and components, estimated costs of a program with broad reach and content depth (including a financial model for production and program implementation), and a results monitoring and evaluation framework. The attached report is divided into two parts. Part one outlines the process for scaling up an IAI program - from initial start-up in a given community, to large scale expansion in a country. It highlights the main steps in the production cycle, the roles and responsibilities of government and communities, and provides useful tips for practitioners at each stage of the process. Part two provides a summary of how this process was followed in DRC and lessons learned.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-09
Subjects:	SKILLS, EARLY EDUCATION, CAREGIVERS, EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOM, EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, SCHOOL READINESS, PRIMARY GRADE, PRIMARY TEACHERS, TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT, EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, BROADCASTERS, EARLY LEARNING, RADIO STATIONS, SCHOOLING, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, NUMERACY, EDUCATIONAL RADIO, ENROLLMENT, INTERACTIVE RADIO INSTRUCTION, GROUPS, INTERACTIVE RADIO, DELIVERY MECHANISM, CONTEXTUAL FACTORS, TRADITIONAL APPROACH, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS, LEARNING CENTERS, LIFE SKILLS, TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, PRIMARY STUDENT, DISTANCE LEARNING, ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL, LEARNING MATERIALS, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, TRAINING PROGRAMS, PRIMARY CLASSROOMS, ADULTS, NATIONAL LANGUAGE, LITERACY, KNOWLEDGE, QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL # CHILDREN, EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS, CURRICULAR OBJECTIVES, RADIO STATION, CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, TRAINING, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER GUIDES, EARLY LITERACY, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, LEARNING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, LEARNING RESOURCES, PRIMARY SCHOOL, TEACHING, CURRICULUM REVIEW, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, GENDER ISSUES, COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS, RADIO, KINDERGARTEN, READING, ENROLLMENT RATES, CLASSROOM TEACHER, SCIENCE, SCHOOL SUCCESS, EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING, NATIONAL CURRICULA, EDUCATION LAW, AVERAGE CLASS SIZE, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, SCHOOLS, BROADCASTING, PARTICIPATION, CURRICULA, CLASSROOM SETTING, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, COMMUNITY TEACHERS, PREPRIMARY EDUCATION, SCHOOL SELECTION, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, ACTIVE LEARNING, EARLY CHILDHOOD, PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION, CLASS SIZE, ACTIVE LEARNING METHODS, MANUALS, CURRICULUM, TEACHER, PARENT SUPPORT, TEACHER PREPARATION, RADIO INSTRUCTION, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WRITING, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN, SCHOOL SITE, EDUCATION, EDUCATION PERSONNEL, UNIVERSAL COVERAGE, INVESTMENT, COMMUNITY SCHOOL, RURAL AREAS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, FORMATIVE EVALUATION, INSTRUCTION, CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, GIRLS, STUDENTS, INTERVENTIONS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, WOMEN, FORMAL SCHOOLING, CLASSROOM, RADIO BROADCASTS, CLASSROOMS, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY RADIO, MAPS, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING ACTIVITIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20255493/world-expanding-access-early-childhood-development-using-interactive-audio-instruction-innovation-challenge-2014 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23252
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