K Foulds
Biographic Data
| ID | 54450 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Foulds |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Foulds |
| SIGNATURE | FOULDS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sesame Workshop |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1782-9926 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Designing Educational Media to Support Children in Contexts of Crisis and Displacement
A media-based approach to build preschoolers’ playful problem-solving skills in South Africa
A critical component of early childhood development, evidence links learning through play with a wide range of child outcomes, including creative problem solving. As such, a small but growing body of evidence has started to shine a light on the ways high-quality educational media, embedded with playful learning, can support young children’s problem-solving skills. The existing evidence, however, is exclusive to families in the United States, mean…
Using Diverse Distribution Platforms to Support Young Children’s Coping Strategies in the Midst of Crisis and Conflict
Evidence firmly establishes the link between early childhood interventions and the mitigation of the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Given the long-term effects of conflict and displacement on children’s healthy development, educational mass media can offer critical learning opportunities to mitigate both the impact of learning disruption and the effects of ACEs. This paper will highlight three different ways media, and its diver…
Bridging the cultures of research and practice
Traditionally, theory and practice are treated as separate silos when designing educational media, or at best, as theory informing practice in a one-way relationship. The relationship between theory and practice, however, is most productive when seen as reciprocal, existing in an iterative relationship with each influencing the other in turn. This paper reflects on the Sesame Street production and research described earlier in this special sectio…
From A to Zari
Inequitable access to education is a widely acknowledged development challenge, an issue even more pronounced in conflict-affected communities like Afghanistan, where insecurity and violence targeted against education exacerbates barriers that keep children, especially girls, from going to school. To address these challenges, Baghch-e-Simsim ( BSS), a locally produced children’s television show, has focused on academic skills and gender equity fo…
Playful perceptions
While the importance of play for young children’s healthy brain development is widely recognized, the literature on the role and perceptions of play among parents of young children is largely grounded in industrialized and well-resourced contexts. As such, there remains an important need to understand the role, perception, and value of play among families in more fragile contexts and geographies, including humanitarian settings. In an effort to a…
Feminist Friendship (Dispatch)
Beyond the universalized home
Globally, while defined roles within the home based on gender and age are widely acknowledged, knowledge of the ways in which these roles take shape is largely unknown, particularly outside of Western structures. Using Kenya as a site of analysis, and student responses to images of various types of houses found in their textbook, this research will demonstrate that students' conceptualizations of home reveal extensive dissonance with the metanarr…
Buzzwords at play
The discourse around development is full of buzzwords, including gender and a myriad of variants that underscore the importance of development policies addressing gender imbalances. Despite their prevalence in development policy and research, terminology related to gender is often used broadly, inappropriately, and without nuance. For international education policy in particular, discussions related to gender equality and equity in education are …
The continua of identities in postcolonial curricula
Books
The Nile Basin Initiative in Ethiopia
No abstract
The continua of identities in postcolonial curricula
Buzzwords at play
The discourse around development is full of buzzwords, including gender and a myriad of variants that underscore the importance of development policies addressing gender imbalances. Despite their prevalence in development policy and research, terminology related to gender is often used broadly, inappropriately, and without nuance. For international education policy in particular, discussions related to gender equality and equity in education are …
Beyond the universalized home
Globally, while defined roles within the home based on gender and age are widely acknowledged, knowledge of the ways in which these roles take shape is largely unknown, particularly outside of Western structures. Using Kenya as a site of analysis, and student responses to images of various types of houses found in their textbook, this research will demonstrate that students' conceptualizations of home reveal extensive dissonance with the metanarr…
The Nile Basin Initiative in Ethiopia
No abstract
Books
The continua of identities in postcolonial curricula
Beyond the universalized home
Globally, while defined roles within the home based on gender and age are widely acknowledged, knowledge of the ways in which these roles take shape is largely unknown, particularly outside of Western structures. Using Kenya as a site of analysis, and student responses to images of various types of houses found in their textbook, this research will demonstrate that students' conceptualizations of home reveal extensive dissonance with the metanarr…
Buzzwords at play
The discourse around development is full of buzzwords, including gender and a myriad of variants that underscore the importance of development policies addressing gender imbalances. Despite their prevalence in development policy and research, terminology related to gender is often used broadly, inappropriately, and without nuance. For international education policy in particular, discussions related to gender equality and equity in education are …
Feminist Friendship (Dispatch)
From A to Zari
Inequitable access to education is a widely acknowledged development challenge, an issue even more pronounced in conflict-affected communities like Afghanistan, where insecurity and violence targeted against education exacerbates barriers that keep children, especially girls, from going to school. To address these challenges, Baghch-e-Simsim ( BSS), a locally produced children’s television show, has focused on academic skills and gender equity fo…
Playful perceptions
While the importance of play for young children’s healthy brain development is widely recognized, the literature on the role and perceptions of play among parents of young children is largely grounded in industrialized and well-resourced contexts. As such, there remains an important need to understand the role, perception, and value of play among families in more fragile contexts and geographies, including humanitarian settings. In an effort to a…
Using Diverse Distribution Platforms to Support Young Children’s Coping Strategies in the Midst of Crisis and Conflict
Evidence firmly establishes the link between early childhood interventions and the mitigation of the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Given the long-term effects of conflict and displacement on children’s healthy development, educational mass media can offer critical learning opportunities to mitigate both the impact of learning disruption and the effects of ACEs. This paper will highlight three different ways media, and its diver…
Bridging the cultures of research and practice
Traditionally, theory and practice are treated as separate silos when designing educational media, or at best, as theory informing practice in a one-way relationship. The relationship between theory and practice, however, is most productive when seen as reciprocal, existing in an iterative relationship with each influencing the other in turn. This paper reflects on the Sesame Street production and research described earlier in this special sectio…
A media-based approach to build preschoolers’ playful problem-solving skills in South Africa
A critical component of early childhood development, evidence links learning through play with a wide range of child outcomes, including creative problem solving. As such, a small but growing body of evidence has started to shine a light on the ways high-quality educational media, embedded with playful learning, can support young children’s problem-solving skills. The existing evidence, however, is exclusive to families in the United States, mean…
Designing Educational Media to Support Children in Contexts of Crisis and Displacement
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Perception (4 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (3 works) · Early childhood (3 works)