Establishing
Professional Contacts & Expanding Resources seemed particularly relevant to my current professional
development because I can communicate with early childhood professionals in
other parts of the world and learn how their system works.
I found the statement of my International contact Karen Graham “focusing on work that impacts on children's lives now is critical
for this and future generations” to be controversial.
The information in the website, Getting to
Know Your International Contacts—Part 1 that adds to my understanding of how economists, neuroscientists,
or politicians support the early childhood field is, “in the early years
our focus is ensuring children are supported in families capable of supporting
the child (we work hard to ensure families get the right support and offer
services around adult education, domestic violence, parenting programs etc.),
that housing is adequate and that specific education programs provide early
intervention and support to ensure children have improved life chances from the
very start. Our Foundation Phase curriculum is testimony to this and aims to
work to reduce inequality” (Graham, 2013).
Some
other insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field that I gained
from exploring the website was,” if we are looking at children needs we can't go far wrong.
We are all making step changes to improvement” (Graham, 2013).
Sheena,
ReplyDeleteI love the quote you put at the end. Graham is correct! We have to continue to look into the needs of our children. Once we start putting our interests in something else our children will start to focus on other things that do not support their education but rather a life filled with crime and poverty.
Who is your international contact associated with? I would be interested to hear more about their Foundation Phase Curriculum.
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