Courses
Whether you are an undergraduate or a graduate student, Harvard offers a wealth of courses in a variety of scientific disciplines and policy areas that cover learning, behavior, and health from both domestic and international perspectives.
Lectures
Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series
The Center's Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series is open to all University students, faculty, and the general public and provides a venue to interact with distinguished scholars whose creative research has made significant advances in the field of child development. This series spotlights these leaders’ bold contributions to the science of child development and the implications of their research on the worlds of education, policy, public health, medicine, justice, and economic development. The series analyzes how their research catalyzes new ways of thinking across disciplines to inform policy and practice.
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Student Seminar Series
The Center on the Developing Child’s Student Seminar Series is designed to foster interdisciplinary conversations within the graduate and undergraduate student community. Held monthly, the seminars will expose students from different programs and schools at Harvard University to a cross-discipline exploration of the science of learning, health, and behavior and its implications for policy and practice. Led by graduate students, the seminars will focus on a variety of topics and employ various formats, including student work, journal articles, and current events. Applications to take part in the Seminar Series closed on September 30th.
The seminars will be two hours long and will be held the first Thursday of the month from October 2011 through April 2012 from 5:30-7:30pm. Dinner will be served before each seminar.
Student Groups
The value of education is not limited to lessons learned in the classroom but also in the relationships established with others in the community, especially with fellow students. Mindful of multiple ways in which to engage with students, the Center on the Developing Child supports student organizations through guidance on organizational and programmatic issues, assistance with marketing and outreach, and, at times, financial support.
The Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Forum was formed in September 2009 to bring together students from across Harvard University to explore U.S. and international perspectives on early childhood development. Since its creation three years ago, Bright Beginnings has attracted over eighty actively involved members from Harvard Business School, Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), and Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, who come together to discuss new directions in research and policy and have collaborated to hold events at HGSE, HKS and HSPH.
Visit Bright Beginning’s blog: http://www.brightbeginningsecf.wordpress.com
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