Research Around the World

What are some of the current international research topics?

• exploring learning and teaching through play
• the use of technology
• physical activity
• children's behavior

what surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website?

• I found the different everyday learning topics to be interesting because they can be used in the classroom and with my child at home. Some topics were bullying, feelings, play and learning, and helping children grow.

What other noteworthy information did you find on this website?

• Topics dealing with technology I found to be interesting because that's what I'm doing my stimulation on and I have started reading up more on.

website

http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/

Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

If I possessed the means and the knowledge to conduct my research studies about any topic in early childhood education, I would choose behavioral disorders in children. I have always wondered why so children have this disorder while others don’t.  Year after year more research shows why children suffer from this and how parents can help their children. Some parents ignore the warnings early on because they don’t want to believe it or just feel as if their child will grow out of it. There would be so many positive contributions to this because parents would help their children early on and help them before they enter school.

Personal Research Journey

At first I didn't know which topic I wanted to research but after careful consideration I found something of my interest. I decided to research technology and learning as it relates to children in the early childhood field. I’m interested in this topic because technology is all around us and that’s what used most in today’s society. Children are using computers at very young age now and having a child who loves technology I wanted to research more about it. For my subtopic I chose the affects it has on children.

After starting my research chart I’m learning how to gather my thoughts and how to find articles for my research. I’m hoping that my colleagues will give me advice on my research process. Please feel free to email me or comment on my blog.

Final Blog Assignment

• Learning about different international early childhood fields have been very interesting because of the websites you gave us to look into. The information was very easy to find and I enjoyed learning it. 

• Wish I could have came into contact with at least of my international contacts, but even though I didn't I still learned so many things. The United States should look at how other countries perceive early childhood. 

• The Zero to Three website has been something I fell in love with and given to my co-workers, thanks for giving me the resource.

Getting to Know Your International Contacts___Part 3

I never received a response from my two professionals but I wish I could have had the pleasure to talk with them. I did the website and learned some very interesting things on it as well. Hopefully in the future I can meet some professionals from around the world in my other classes.

• The website supports early childhood development policies and a child’s lifelong learning.
• The website has natural sciences, education, social and human sciences, and culture.
• They discuss different topics such as women and girls education, lifelong learning systems, teachers, and skills for work and life.

Sharing Web Resources

I explored some of the links and they lead me to different links related to their organization. Some of the links I found was the American association of colleges for teacher education, certification map, association of teacher educators, and the Australian early childhood association.

I chose to research the American association of colleges for teacher education and I found that out you can become a member, what they advocate for, and the things they research along with policies.

I haven’t received a newsletter they do their by seasons. I didn’t find any new information on the website that I chose.

Getting to Know Your International Contacts

I haven’t received an email yet from the people I emailed but I looked at the Harvard website. I learned about the Zambian early childhood development project that measures the effects of an ongoing anti-malaria initiative on children’s development in Zambia. I learned a lot of things about this site because I had never heard of it until now. They have a council that’s committed to evidence based approaches. They have forum that seeks to explain why public investments should be made in the early childhood years. They have many learning opportunities and student employment opportunities as well.