GLOBAL HEARTH PROJECT - Research

Latin America Global Hearth Study

In 2003, Dr. Belinda Hardin received a grant to translate the ACEI Global Self-Assessment into Spanish and conduct a reliability and validity study of the Spanish edition in five Spanish-speaking countries. Known as the Global Hearth Project, this research was conducted in Guatemala, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, and Mexico with 69 early childhood programs and 138 participants. To learn more about the results of this study, Click here.

Honoring Teachers: A World of Perspectives

In the spring of 2004, Dr. Hardin participated in an international survey project entitled, Honoring Teachers: A World of Perspectives. The purpose of this survey was to better understand teachers’ social status in societies and their work-conditions. The survey included six questions, which were developed by Vidya Thirumurthy, Assistant Professor at Millersville University and Chairperson of the ACEI International/ Intercultural Committee.

Dr. Hardin posted the survey in English and Spanish on the Global Hearth website and notified colleagues in Spanish-speaking countries of the project. Thirty-one educators in three Latin America countries (Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru) completed the survey. Latin American survey responses were included in a panel discussion at the ACEI annual conference in April, 2004 along with teacher responses from India, China, Hong Kong, Hungary, and four African countries. To learn more about the Latin American survey responses, please click here.