Nursery World - Dr Steven Barnett: 'Sharing approaches across countries'

Why international collaboration is vital for quality early years education to reach children in parts of the world where it is currently lacking

Dr Steven Barnett, KIAEL Awarding Committee member, board of governors professor of education at Rutgers University and co-Director of the US National Institute for Early Education

Across the world, just 40 per cent of three- and four-year-olds attend some kind of education. Where children are part of an early years programme, the quality varies enormously. This is something we all, as early education professionals, need to change.

Every child has a right to the best start in life. By sharing our best practices, collaborating with and learning from overseas educators – whether through formal projects or just internet forums – we’ll help children at home and abroad thrive.

Money is incredibly tight in many areas, so any techniques we have developed for making learning productive and fun, but as affordable as possible, can be invaluable. Most, if not all, countries struggle to retain staff, so advice on ways to attract and retain good people is also important.

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