Final Blog Assignment

In studying international early childhood field has been very inspiring and also has challenged me to do three things. One consequence is to stay connected  to the orgaizaitons that support early childhood education. Another consequence is to evaluate my program and implement some new ways of teaching our children the new techniques that I have learned this far. Lastly, I appreciated or educational system in the U.S., despite the major deficiencies, is a lot more productive them other countries which cause the children in our communities to get an education. My major goal is to start and organization in my community that supports parents with children in school. Also this organization will keep these families aware of things that are going on throughout the globe.

Issues and Trends: Excellence and Equity of Care and Education for Children and Families (Part 3: Early Childhood Profession)

UNESCO’s Early Childhood Care and Education

UNESCO is an organization that work’s to improve education worldwide. This organization promotes peace, celebrates diversity, and defends human rights. This is achieved by providing Education for All (EFA). On this website there are four tabs that are as follows: access and equity; quality; investment and financing; and coordination and integration. These tabs are all related to internal trends in the early childhood field. In the tab access and equity they discussed how many poor countries have programs for children pertains to health and also food programs. UNESCO is concerned about how the government is not providing money for the child’s education. When they do have programs for the poor they have little quality and sustainability. Central government must ensure an equitable distribution of resources among different populations. UNESCO is the bridge that helps connect funds to children that have little to no access to proper education. Another issue that I learned about in the website is the un-proportionate standards in Early Childhood Programs worldwide. This issue causes children to not be able to learn on a common plain. This is why schools aren’t graduating children going to first grade that are prepared for this transition. This causes inequality in the classroom. This organization desires to train all professionals in the Early Childhood field to adequately meet the needs of each child regardless of the demographics. This website allowed me to view the perspectives of other professionals in my field. Forming these relationships through research helps me to better understand how I can fit into the cycle that will help equalize the early childhood field globally.

Reference:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/

Sharing Web Resources

Sharing Web Resources

Organization:

 Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) www.acei.org

Outside Link:

Global Campaign for Education ACEI supports The Global Campaign for Education (GCE), a civil society movement that aims to end the global education crisis. One campaign that ACEI supports is women and girls rights to be educated. GCE conducted gender discrimination in education survey. This survey showed that 1 in 5 school girls were unhappy to be girls. Some countries this survey was conducted were: Bangladesh, Bolivia, and Peru.

One main area of this website I chose to focus on is the area called “Global Gateway”. This section is focused on exploring the diversities of education systems worldwide. Some of the places of exploration are: Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; Middle East; and North America.

E-News

Some events that are going on in ACEI are:

1.      ACEI International United Nations Advocacy Forum  at the Global Summit

2.      Launch of the Decade for Childhood

One article that is in this newsletter is “The Long-Term Impact of Teacher”. This article addresses the issues of teacher values on their students’ success. One article discuses approach to professional development that has promises for closing the achievement gap. This article relates to equity and excellence pertaining to education. The title of this article is “Teaching Children Well”. This article title is worded very simply but takes a companionate worker in the field of education to really fulfill this assignment. This website has given me lots of information  that allows me to understand the diversity in other early childhood programs across the world and it simplifies it bring it to my fingertips.