Research Around the World
To prepare for this assignment I chose to explore Early Childhood Australia. The Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC) contains many research article associated with the early childhood field. One of the most recent research topics I discovered was Curriculum guidelines for early literacy: A comparison of New Zealand to New England . The article forms a comparison of the New Zealand early childhood curriculum which is referred to as (Te Wha-riki) with the curriculum in England
Another research article I located was Korean children’s cultural adjustment during transition to the early years of school in Australia
The facts, insight, and new ideas about early childhood I gain from exploring this international early childhood website were located in a magazine on the called Every Child Magazine. There was an article that discussed about building on what children know. The article basically explained to identify what children know so that you can help them to believe in themselves a capable, resourceful learner. As a confident learner children develop competencies that help them to be successful. The article identified taking time as a significant factor in smoothing transitions for children; time to get to know each child to find out what they already know and can do. Providing this time is the responsibility of centre directors and school leaders, knowing that it will pay off in terms of children’s long-term learning success
The other noteworthy information I discovered on the website was there is a link available that provides information of Supporting Best Practice in early childhood. This link provides literature on the best ways to support children whether it’s their emotional well being, development, advocacy or professional development. This section is quite informative and will be very useful in the future. Through exploring this site I was even able to locate additional links that provided me with information regarding the simulation topic I chose on How to Support Children in the Grieving Process. Through this resource I gained another perspective on how children perceive death and how parent can support them in the process. I was completely surprise that this particular website contain information regarding this topic. However it does verify that internationally that have concerns in some of the same areas we do.
Reference
Early Childhood Australia : This is the Australian equivalent to the U.S.
Kvonya,
ReplyDeleteI also chose the Early Childhood Australia website to explore. I am always supportive of website that tackle the tougher subjects such as helping children to grieve. This is such a sensitive topic that I think we as adults try to protect our children from, which may cause greater harm. In working with military children, I have found it helpful to rely on research and articles such as the one found on the site to help me better serve my children during times of death.
Reading your post shows that this website is indeed very resourceful. I particularly liked the article you mentioned about helping Korean children transition properly. Also I found it insighteful to know that children should be allowed to express what they know which helps them believe in themselves. I would definitely explore it again.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
I found the website to be a wonderful resource-there was so much to explore. The Every Child Magazine looked interesting as well. The article you refer to sounds worth having a look. I liked that there was a combination of practical resources and scholarly for early childhood professionals.
ReplyDeleteTamara