Three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field for my professional and personal development:
1). By learning about the international early childhood education, I can be helpful to my co workers or any other EC professionals, by providing resources that maybe used within their classrooms or given to families.
2). I can use the information about the international early childhood field, to help get the word out about the importance of early childhood education and the benefits that a young child can receive when he/she attends a high-quality program.
3). When visiting websites on the international early childhood field, I can learn about goals, mission statements, research and many other areas that are of high importance when it comes to young children and their families.
There are many ideas, concepts, resources and information that the international early childhood field provides for EC professionals and any other professionals who have the best interest for young children in mind.
One goal for the field related to international awareness of issues and trends and the spirit of collegial relations:
I would hope that the one goal that ALL EC professionals lean towards is to provide high quality learning programs, that can improve health, social emotional and cognitive outcomes, improve school readiness skills, prevent achievement gaps, and provide cost effective investments along all education pipelines. (RAND, 2008).
hanks for sharing your thoughts. I often worry that witht he amount of information there is I may never know enough. When I finally join the field full time I will certainly be counting on those before me that have the expereince and knowledge that can be passed on to me to make me a better helper to children,
ReplyDeleteLori,
ReplyDeleteI have really enjoyed reading your post. There are so much information available to us that it can become somewhat overwhelming, but it is information that we will need to help us through our journey within the early childhood arena. I can't began to express how motivated I am about advocating for others right now! Good luck and I hope to hear from you in the next couple of classes.
Thank you Lori,
ReplyDeleteFor the valuable reseach you provided us in you blog. Thanks to you and other colleagues, my awareness of international issues in regards to education has grown and strengthen. My list of resources as also grown, what makes it easier to understand the needs and issues that other families and children face around the world.
Good luck and I hope to hear from you again in our future courses.
Lori,
ReplyDeleteThere is so much we can learn from others around the world. We can educate each other and improve education for all of our children around the world.
Lori,
ReplyDeleteGreat posts throughout the semseter! I wish you the best of luck in course and future courses.