Sharing Web Resources

The organization that I have been exploring is the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educator (NAECTE). The Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education publishes original manuscripts, reviews, and information about association activities.  The journal provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas about research and practice in early childhood teacher education. The journal publishes research reports, position papers, essays on current issues, reflective reports on innovative teacher education practices, letters to the editor and books reviews. The journal is published by Taylor and Francis.

The article “Service Learning: A Promising Strategy for Connecting Future Teachers to the Lives of Diverse Children and Their Families” was published in the recent issue of The Journal of Early Teacher Education. This article provide information about service learning implemented in a course for teacher education candidate’s pre k- grade 5.  Students learn about the dynamic of family diversity, and how family resources and background influence children’s success in school. This article along with others enhance my knowledge of crucial issue that effect the learning of teachers who teach future teachers.

 

References

Able, H., Ghulamani, H., Mallous, R., & Glazier, J., (2014).  Service Learning: A Promising Strategy for Connecting Future Teachers to the Lives of Diverse Children and Their Families. Retrieved from www.tandfonline.com/toc/ujec20/current#.UzdM2PF5mSM

 

National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Education (2014). Retrieved from www.naecte.org

   

Getting to know Your International Contacts

My connection to a professional in another country has not yet been established so the alternative that I chose to investigate is childhood poverty in Morocco. Morocco is a country located on the northwestern tip of Africa. The streets of it cities are filled with children as young as 6 years old who are called street children. Many of these children left home to help support their families and to relieve their families from trying to support them. In Morocco nearly 30 percent of the population is children under 14 years old and these children lives are effected by poverty and neglect.  The children in the country face such problems as child labor and child prostitution. So many of these children do not receive any education therefore when they become adults the will continue to face poverty issues.

According to UNICEF, in 2008. 6,480 children were abandon at birth in Morocco. This is due to the social stigma of single mother being ostracism by family and society. In total the number of children who has been orphaned and grow out without the protection and guidance of parents was 650,000.  There are

SOS Children Villages are located in Morocco where children and their family can learn strategies for keeping families together during hard times. Also the village provides quality care for children who cannot live with their biological families.

I found the programs and organizations that is assisting the children in Morocco very interesting and helpful to the children who otherwise would be living in the streets and would be engaged in all sort of unhealthy activities.  Children living in poverty is a worldwide issue,lets join the war against it.  

 

Reference

Morocco SOS Children’s Villages, activities retrieved from www.sos-childrenvillages.org/where-we-help/africa/morocco

Sharing Web Resources

National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators at www.naecte.org. I chose this organization because it is one that I am not familiar with and I wanted to learn more about.

According to the website the organization purpose is to promote the professional growth of its membership, discuss educational issues, to advocate for improvement in the early childhood teacher education, to provide a forum for consideration of issues and concern of interest to educators of early childhood teacher educator, and to provide a communication network for early childhood teacher educators.

The National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educator (NAECTE) has an E-letter that is publish quarterly which includes information on the “Presidential Early Learning Council”, “Alliance of Early Childhood Teacher Educators. It also share information of fellow awards recipients and a list of books published by members.  A great organization for educators of educators.

Establishing Professional Contacts/ Expanding Resources

Establishing Professional Contacts

The early childhood professional I chose to establish contact with Morocco, Philippines, Ghana, South Africa, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. My means of communicating with these professionals is by e-mail. I am really looking forward to commutating with these early childhood professional and share information. I am waiting for responses from the professionals I have e-mailed.

 

 

 

Expanding Resources

 

As I explored the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE) web-site I found that its members are people from all across the United States and other countries. They have come together because of their interest in Early Childhood Teacher education. The NAECTE foundation was formed in 1998. It is a 501 (c) tax-exempt organization that raise funds for the benefit of early childhood teacher educators and the children and communities they serve.

One of the goals of this organization is Advocacy. It has created the NAECTE Foundation Advocacy Award to recognize members who has demonstrated their effectiveness as advocates for programs and policies that support quality programming for young children. This award comes with a $500 honorarium.

Another goal of the NAECTE is to promote and support research project related to early childhood teacher education. Many member of the NAECTE have develop their capacities as researchers by presenting at NAECTE conferences and writing for its journal.

The next goal of the NAECTE Foundation is to provide scholarships of $1,000 to doctoral students to support collection of data and completion of the dissertation.

Many of the members of NAECTE has published books on subjects such as Neuroscience, Global migration, Childhood in a digital world just to name a few.  

 

Reference

www.naecte.org