Saturday, May 19, 2012

Research that Benefits Children and Families

My research would be about parent/teacher relationships and how they are important to the development of our children in early childhood development. I would entitle the research "Connected: the power that works through us" I chose this title because it summarizes the importance of developing this type of relationship. This relationship creates a healthy learning and living environment that allows the child to transition well from home to school. This transition shows the child how both environments work together for their own success.
This research would discuss, through factual observations, the importance of this type of relationship. I would take two families for this observation. One family would agrees with developing this relationship and the other would not. I would watch the family over a period of time and evaluated the child's developmentally in all areas. I would record their strengths and weaknesses. Throughout this observation I would interview each set of parents, teachers, and children at different times. In the end I would re-evaluate both families record the data.
This observation would provide new parents with first hand experience showing them the importance of developing these relationships when their children enter any learning environment. This article would also provide different ways, that the teachers in this observation provided, to form these relationships.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

My Personal Reserach Journey

My chosen topic for the simulation is "Poverty and How it Affects Children in Early Childhood Development". I chose this topic because it interest me of how poverty affects children in early developmental stages. These effects, if not redirected, can cause a trailing affect through a child's adulthood. I want to research this topic further to better equip myself to advocate in my community and even nation. Some of the dimple things as light ans water are not available for some children. They come to school and act out and in result are miss understood. It takes a passionate teacher or professional to reach out to this child. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and these children end up isolated in the classroom from others. This cause the child to loose out on important developmental stages that are needed to function. I have seen this issue many times and it has to stop. This is why I strongly support home visits because it gives the teacher a chance to meet the child in a more personal environment which shows the child and family that they are important and appreciated. I look forward for researching the poverty issue and its effects on our children. In this process I would love to get any feedback or experiences that my colleagues have gone through and would like to share.