Research Around the World
I chose to explore the Early Childhood Australia website. This site provides information for providing
high quality services for all young children and their families. Early Childhood
Australia has done research on many issues that we are focusing on here in the
United States as well. There are links to Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
(AJEC) which is identified as being the world longest running major journal within
the Early Childhood field which has articles on Literacy and Technology in the
early years of education and Diversifying early years professional learning:
one size no longer fits all. The “Every
Child Magazine” shared articles on the subjects Technology and Interactive Media
as tools in early childhood Programs, Valuing Play: The Early Years learning
Framework in Schools, and Discovering Cultural connection to name a few very interesting articles. There
is also a link to a section entitle Research in Practice Series (RIPS) that provides
practical , easy to read resources that offers effective new approaches for
challenges issues in the care and education of young children. As you can see this site focus many of the
same issues that we face every day being in the early childhood field. Issues
of high quality care for all children, good health, engaging families, and
respecting diversity.
I really like
The Everyday Learning Series that is published quarterly that provides
information for parents and other caregivers for young children. It shared
vital information to assist throughout each stage of child development. As I
explored the website I notice there were information on issues that dealt with
the development of the whole child.
I view Early Childhood Australia website as a wealth
of information that can assist anyone who works with children who would like to
foster all children’s development in positive ways.
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Hi Barbara,
ReplyDeleteI see you took a real good tour of the Early Childhood Australia website! I enjoyed it as well. I really liked how they too in their country continue to keep a key focus on play educating parents, teachers and other professionals on how play is an important part of a child’s development. Furthermore the website helped me realize I can look further than my own backyard for related issues or resources. As professionals we can find help in answering questions about child development and listen to other professionals views on issues relating to early childhood development because as we see other countries are facing the same issues as we are today within our field of early childhood.