I have fostered and shared my professional growth by listening to podcasts and exploring websites pertaining to Early Childhood Education. I have even gained knowledge from reading my colleagues blog links concerning Early Childhood Education in international countries. There are several consequences of learning about the international Early Childhood field. My personal and professional development has been enhanced by reading articles from the websites of Save the Children. I have gained so much knowledge from the issues in Africa such as poverty, stunting, malaria, and HIV. All of these issues have changed my personal perspective of children in Africa. These issues have shown me that our government and our nation are in a better predicament than that of Africa. Even though poverty exist in the United States we are far better off than in Africa.
The second consequence is that most of the international countries that my colleagues have shared information on in their blogs share some of the exact goals, and mission statements in the field of Early Childhood Education as that of the United States. Some of the countries are also a little different because that put more emphasis on investing in their programs of Early Childhood Education. They invest because they expect great returns in the future. The last consequence of learning about the international Early Childhood Education field is that I can now bring or raise awareness to other Early Childhood Education professionals about the importance of Early Childhood Education in other countries and how we can advocate to our policy makers to bring our standards of our own Early Childhood Education programs to meet the standards of the international countries. In other words we can advocate to receive better funding for our Early Childhood Education programs so that we can compete with the international countries around the globe.
The one goal that I hope for is that we will all learn from each other and that we will collaborate together to advocate for better standards and more high quality programs that will improve our young children’s growth and development so that they may reach their full potential and become productive citizens no matter what part of the world they live in.
Sharon, over the past seven weeks I have truly enjoyed reading your professional blog. You always include descriptive information and accurate resources useful to enhance our presence in early childhood settings. I too believe professionals from across the globe should collaborate and establish quality early learning programs to create a positive educational future for upcoming generations. Hopefully you will continue to use the master’s program as a journey to your success!
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the information you have shared during this course. I really enjoyed the information on the Harlem Children's Zone. The program is inspiring and really is dedicated to educating children. I like your goal of having some sort of standards for high quality education. I believe it hard for children to move from program to program and lose a sense of structure during the day. Best wishes as you pursue your degree!
Tanya
Sharon,
ReplyDeleteI, too, was pleased, excited, and encouraged to learn that several countries share many of our goals for the field of early childhood. It was interesting to learn how the socioeconomic and prioritized values affected their work.
Thank you, also, for enlightening me to the work of Harlem Children's Zone. I plan to continue to follow their contributions and accomplishments.
Best of luck to you, now, and along the remainder of your journey!!
~Dana
Hi Sharon, thank you for your post! Each week you have posted such great information about the Harlem Children's Zone website. It will be a website that I will continue to visit!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is an amazing feeling to know that even though early childhood educators can come from so many different countries that we can share the same passion for the field. This world wide passion is what we need to help overcome some of the issues that the field of early childhood faces.
Take time to enjoy your summer!
I wish you all the best with the rest of your studies!
Take care,
Stephane
Hi Sharon,
ReplyDeleteYou are so right that there are many other countries that place far more importance on early childhood education than the United States. It's frustrating to say the least. I hope that one day people will truly realize hard we work, and how much credit the teachers deserve for their work with children from all walks of life.
Machaela
I enjoyed reading your post of what you have obtained. I recently just finished taking the same class and came away with the same things. I am excited about taking this research class with you and I am looking forward to the both of us benefitting from it. Good Luck!
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