The website that I chose to
explore is http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/. The Early Childhood Australia website focuses on social justice, quality
and equity for children ages birth to 8years of age.
Through exploring this
website, I found many research topics in the early childhood education field.
Research shows children who parents who talk less, means that through
encouragement the child will talk more. A University of Sydney study has found
children with well below average language skills performed almost as well as
their normally developing peers just four months after their parents made a few
simple changes in the way they interacted with them. (http://sydney.edu.) I was very surprised on this research,
because I thought that the more the parent talked the more the child language
skills and speech will increase.
From reading the focal
points of the articles, they have issues related to the budget; and how the
government is dedicated to the educational sector of early child care and
education. The website also discussed research
topics that include:
1. Learning and teaching through
play
2. Respecting diversity:
Articulating early childhood practice
3. Children’s Resilience: Working with the Early Years Framework
4. Discovering letters and sounds
5. Aggression and young children
6. Babies: Good beginners last forever
Basically from
browsing some of the research articles, it seems that this country is also
dedicated to early care and education.
They are also dedicated to meeting the developmental needs of the child
by doing research and observations on how to better meet the individual needs
of the child. ECA like many
organizations is also focused on maintaining a budget that reflects early care
and education.
I was not surprised of
the issues that affect Australia, because it seems that the entire world has
child development and well being of the child as a high priority.
Resources
http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=4447
Hi Tamieka,
ReplyDeleteGreat Post. It is ironic how different places have the same problems. It is up to us as educators to make sure that we try our best to find resolutions to these problems.
Erica Hines
Tamieka,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the website. It is always nice to see what others are doing for a change.You mention " it seems that this country is also dedicated to early care and education". I think that this is wonderful. If we could get it to happen world wide and for all the children not just on special group.
Thanks for another resource.
Sandra
Hi Tamieka,
ReplyDeleteI am very interested in this website as well, about the early childhood issues and research in Australia.
Have you ever visit Australia? I would like too. Well someday maybe we will....
Great post!
Evita Kartikasari