Week 8

Even though I  did not receive a response from my international contacts I believe that interacting with professionals from other countries would help appreciate how we handle early childhood education as well as gives us  new tools and  information to engage our self and the children we serve.

I am an individual who loves  to learn and lean new ways of  doing things. So I believe that international contacts could only be a plus for me.

I would challenge  those who work in the Early Childhood Field to try to continue to make Early Childhood a priority and make sure that all children are afforded a free appropriate education regardless of his or her families dynamics. Although this was a rough semester for me  I really enjoyed reading everyone's post and interacting with all my classmates.

Week 7

In reading and scrolling the website, I saw a lot of interesting things. The things I focused on were those having to do children and the Access, Equity, Quality, Investment, Coordination and Integration. I found so much information about early childhood education and how coordination and integration is a worldwide problem. I learned that Countries often promote alternative services for poor children with limited or no access to mainstream early childhood services which can be cost-effective and pedagogically innovative, but often raise concerns about sustainability and quality. Also children who are privileged get benefits from investments by the stated but those children who are poor do not receive as much attention from the government. I really am not shocked to read that those of us who are not as privileges as other are not the governments concern.

            I also look the tab that discussed coordination and integration. I learned that it is very difficult to obtain Cross-sectoral coordination.

 The other tab I looked at was the social and human science tab. This tab had all types of events on it one that discussed International Youth Day that is held on August 12th. This day was a day filled with a lot of activities for the young because the young account for almost 30% of internal migrants but not much is known about the struggle or opportunities that are affected by migration. This day is set aside to try and learn more about the struggles or migrant youth.  

I really had not given much thought to migrant youth or the issues that they face. This organization is a very good one and Is involved in a lot of things that affect us as Americans.

 Reference:

(http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/),

Week 6

One of the outside links I looked at was the website zero to three. I found a lot of information on this site that benefits parent. While on the page I looked at the link about Ralley4babies. I found this to be a interested link The link discusses early childhood funding.

      Being a parent of a child that has ADHD I chose to look at a section on the site that also discussed behavior and child development. This section talked about the many challenging behaviors that children have to how the brain develops. There was also a section that talked about how important it is for children to be able to socialize effectively with people. I really enjoyed the site.

     I feel that anyone who has children or works with children would find the site to be very beneficial.

 

Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative

Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative

 

 

In looking at the website I found a lot of interesting things on the site. The site discussed many things that interest me. One of the things that interest me is how the purpose of the Global Children’s Initiative is to reframe the discourse around children health and development, support and   build leadership in child development polices and research.  

The focus of the site  is on early childhood development; child mental health; and children in crisis and conflict situations.Theser are the chidlren and family the site helps to suport.

I also enjoyed the link  that had many books and articles about different issues related to chidlren, povery and their family. One article titled Strengthening Adult Capacities to Improve Child Outcomes: A New Strategy for Reducing Intergenerational Poverty by  Jack P. Shonkoff, Harvard University. This Article discussed the different issues related to poverty and what we as educators a parents must do  to help our children succeed. Shonkoff stated “It’s clear that high-quality early childhood programs can make a measurable difference for children in poverty, but we must do more.” And I agree. There are so many children in this world that are not afforded the luxury of a good education that will prepare them for school. I understand that poverty is an issue but I feel that parents who are capable and who know and value education should implant their knowledge and education into the children.

 

 

References:

Strengthening Adult Capacities to Improve Child Outcomes: A New Strategy for Reducing Intergenerational Poverty Jack P. Shonkoff, Harvard University - Posted April 22, 2013