Publication Type : Book Chapter
Thematic Areas : Humanitarian-Robotics-HCI
Publisher : Children and Sustainable Development: Ecological Education in a Globalized World, Springer International Publishing, Cham
Source : Children and Sustainable Development: Ecological Education in a Globalized World, Springer International Publishing, Cham, p.319–334 (2017)
Url : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47130-3_25
ISBN : 9783319471303
Campus : Amritapuri
School : Center for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, Department of Social Work, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Center : Ammachi labs, Center for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality
Department : Social Work
Year : 2017
Abstract : Supporting children's education and development has long been a focus of institutions and non-profit organizations in developing countries. Mounting evidence from developmental psychology and neuroscience continues to point to a child's environment, including resources and quality of caregiver interaction, as critical to healthy development in childhood and into adulthood. Since mothers most often serve as a child's first teachers in shaping a child's cognitive-emotional learning and values, empowering women also can support higher quality development for children. Amrita University's AMMACHI Labs addresses children's first teachers through empowering women with a multidisciplinary, computerized approach to vocational training and skill development, including life skills training, and personal and community development. This paper presents a case study of AMMACHI Labs' WE: Sanitation Project with rural women in India, supporting sanitation, skills, and increased capacity through skills training in toilet building, hygiene education, and life skills training, leading to increased participation in the family, community and economy.
Cite this Research Publication : Rao R. Bhavani, Sheshadri, S., and Maciuika, L. Aswati, “Addressing the First Teachers: Education and Sustainable Development for Children, Families and Communities Through Vocational Education, Technology and Life Skills Training for Women”, in Children and Sustainable Development: Ecological Education in a Globalized World, A. M. Battro, Léna, P., Sorondo, M. Sánchez, and von Braun, J., Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp. 319–334