Research Around the
World
Some
of the current topics I chose from the website of Early Childhood Australia: http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
were;
- Belonging means you can go in’: Children’s perspectives and experiences of membership of Kindergarten. Here they find that child want to belong and not just be accepted in kindergarten.
- From your perspective: Black preserve early childhood education students share their stories. Through this study it is hard to recruit teachers of color due to those able to get a degree see it more beneficial to select other jobs they feel are more important and worth their while than teaching.
- Science learning affordances in preschool environments. Here this research was about understanding the benefits and importance of science in preschool. Also how it does not take much for young children to get involved with science in their environment through simple affordable ways. Such as taking a walk and experiencing nature.
- The impact of new technologies on musical learning of Indigenous Australian children. Here it is a concern for new technology taking over the learning of music. “The increasing distance of musical development away from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and to propose new methods for exploring how digital technologies may be utilized for promoting children’s musical development in various contexts. The findings are applied to early childhood practitioner recommendations for future community-led music research”
Some insights I gain from exploring this
international early childhood website was that all of the topics that I took
notice of were topics that we face in our country as early childhood
professionals. Therefore this shared information helped me understand that no
matter where early childhood professionals are in the world there will be related
issues within the early childhood field.
It was also noteworthy in one of their additional links
that focused on the quality perspective of play and mentioning that “The National
Quality Standard reminds us that the physical environment plays a
‘critical role’ in contributing to children’s ‘wellbeing, happiness, creativity
and developing independence; and determining the quality of children’s learning
and experiences’ (ACECQA, 2013, p. 80).
Reference
Early Childhood Australia: http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
Quality Area 3:
Physical environment NQS PLP. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/nqsplp/resources/case-studies/quality-area-3-physical-environment/
Hi Edith,
ReplyDeleteI also chose to explore the Early Childhood Australia website. I came across many interesting research topics as well. Like you, I noticed that many of the same issues that our own education and early childhood field face are similar to Australia's and others around the world. I have to wonder why this is the case. I just does not make sense to me why education is so low on the priority list for many countries. Honestly, I though that this was a problem that existed mainly in the United States (our of the developed countries) so I was actually pretty surprised to learn it was happening in Australia as well.
Hello Edith,
ReplyDeleteI found your comment interesting about the women of color not wanting to become teachers because once they get their degree they want to find something more fulfilling, I find this to be sad because to me nothing can be more fulfilling than helping a child in need to become who they are destined to be and giving them that encouraging word that they may not be getting from someone else. I think that teaching is one of the most fulfilling jobs imaginable.