1. What are some current international research topics?
The website that I studies was Early Childhood Australia (http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au) advocates "to ensure quality social justice and equity in all issues relating to education and care of children from birth to 8 years old" (Early Childhood Australia, 2011). Many of the current topics focused on emotions, emotional development and child development in preschool children. One of the current research topic is a series entitled "The Early Years Learning Framework" which has many parts but it focuses on a new framework for early childhood that focuses on many topics like beginning the framework and assess student learning using the framework.
2. What surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website?
I like the "Everyday Learning Series" because it provides chapter resources for parents and teachers that can be used daily on topics like emotions, bullying, friendships and coping with changes to name a few. The Early Childhood Australia Web Watch is a an e-newsletter that discusses child development and researchers in the field keeping current information on new trends and latest development in the field of early childhood education. In the current issue of ECA Web Watch, there is an article on "National Reconciliation Week" which promotes a book called "Building Bridges" documenting what parents view as important and their beliefs of what their child should learn in a preschool setting.
3. What other noteworthy information did you find on the website?
The website has an abundance of information about early childhood education throughout Australia. There is also information on code of ethics for the organization, branches for the ECA, ECA conferences, Australia state reports and ECA forums that provide early childhood educators to expand their knowledge and network with others in the field.
Reference
Early Childhood Australia (2011). Early Childhood Australia. Retrieved June 4, 2011 from http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org/au
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Hi Tashuda,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post. I too visited the earlychildhood australia website. I think it is important that they created a space to educate parents on different topics. Thanks for bringing attention to that section through your post.
The everyday learning series sounds interesting. I think that would be a good website to check out as well as being a resource for parents and children as well as educators in the USA. This again reminds me of the importance of international networking.
ReplyDeleteTashunda,
ReplyDeleteI also looked at this website. I found that they were really concerned about the emotional development of their children. It seems they just might do a lot of character development and we fail in this area.