Saturday, February 6, 2016
Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2
For this week's blog, I decided to take the alternative route and explore the Harvard University "Global Children's Initiative" website. I gain three ideas/insights about early childhood systems around the globe.I enjoyed reading research from this website. We need to protect children from significant adversity, so that we can provide them with enriched learning opportunities"(Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2010). The partner organization that I looked at the most was Brazil. The collaborative Nucleo Ciencia Pela Infancia(NCPI) includes the Center on the Developing Child. This partnership has been highly successful in creating a science driven early childhood movement in Brazil(Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2010). As professional educators, we should take the knowledge of what we have learned in the early childhood field and help young children reach their highest potential. I feel that we should be helping every child to the best of our ability. "Reports show that an estimate of 200 million children fail to reach their full developmental potential by age 5. Drawing on our experience in North America, the Center on the Developing Child works globally to build a broader movement to achieve breakthrough outcomes for children around the world" (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2010). I feel that this is not good news to know that some children are not doing so great that's why teachers need to come together to make sure we are ready to help young children in any way possible.
Insights from my international contacts about equity and excellence requires a lot of responsibility from resources. I think that schools around the world need qualified teachers so that children can learn professionally to better serve them to offer opportunities. High quality and qualified teachers are better for children so that they can get a high quality education. I think this will help children reach their highest potential. It is with every intent to make sure all children have the opportunity to receive excellence and be taught daily to improve their learning skills.
Reference
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (2010). Global children's initiative. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative
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I enjoyed reading your post. You shared valuable resources in regards to quality and excellence in care and education of young children. I agree with your statement that schools around the world need qualified teachers. It is critical that early childhood educators are knowledgeable of developmentally appropriate practices that promote the development and learning of all children. There are many positive correlations between qualifications of staff and quality of early childhood experiences. As early childhood professionals and advocates, it is important that we seek to educate others and promote the advancement of qualifications and education in the early childhood field. Thank you for sharing your valuable insights!
ReplyDeleteVonecia thank you for sharing. You are so right about the need for having qualified educators. I know that we may not eliminate inequity high qualified teachers is definitely a place to start and stay invested in to insure that where inequity can be eliminated that it will be. We have to keep hope alive.
ReplyDeleteLaRhonda Lewis
Vonecia you provide a great overview of the Harvard Global Children's Initiative website. I agree with you when you stated that every child deserves a quality education provided by high quality and qualified teachers.
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