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Mary Helen Immordino-Yang; Linda Darling-Hammond; Christina Krone – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
New advances in neurobiology are revealing that brain development and the learning it enables are directly dependent on social-emotional experience. Growing bodies of research reveal the importance of socially-triggered epigenetic contributions to brain development and brain network configuration, with implications for social-emotional…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Development, Social Development, Emotional Development
Immordino-Yang, Mary Helen; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Krone, Christina – Aspen Institute, 2018
This research brief explores how emotions and relationships drive learning and are a fundamental part of how our brains develop. The authors explain how emotionally safe and cognitively stimulating environments contribute to brain development; how brain development that supports learning depends on social experiences; and how sensitive periods in…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Learning Processes, Socialization, Developmental Stages
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs, 2011
Estimates of school-aged English learners are derived from national counts of children enrolled in school. There is no precise analogue for preschool children, and hence there is no exact nationwide count of this population of children. The number of 3- and 4-year old children enrolled in center-based care is rising, and some center-based programs…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education, English Language Learners, Demography