Saturday, April 21, 2012

Final Blog Assignment


The biggest consequences of learning about the international early childhood field for my professional and personal development is that I now understand that there are no borders for early education in the world. We can learn from each other and help each other. I think, of course, personal connections with early education professionals around the world are beneficial but interactions between governments should be more active so that national level revision of systems and supports for developing countries are encouraged.

 Another consequence is that more support is needed for developing countries. There are countries where basic things such as children’s health and children’s rights have not yet been guaranteed.

A third consequence is that I understand that the early childhood field in the world is changing.  The connections between countries are tighter and research corroborated by early educators in different countries is not rare now. So, it is our job to keep up with the changes by visiting the websites we found during the blog assignments.

 My goal for international awareness right now is to learn how children are taught in different counties and how early educators encourage international awareness in children because I will be working at an international school until the middle of June.

3 comments:

  1. I agree that we need to support developing countries more in their education efforts. We will need to remember cultural differences as we go along though. Good Luck in your future classes.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I think that it is important for us to develop professional relationships with educators in other countries. It allows for ideas and experiences to be shared and with this hopefully helping better a child's learning experience. Supporting other countries in the education and care of children is very important because the children are our future. Children do not create the situation that they are living in but with the proper support and education hopefully as educators we can help them better their situations for themselves and the children who come after them.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Aya,
    Thank you for sharing all of the wonderful information you have blogged about the last 8 weeks. I have enjoyed having you in this class and reading all of your insightful posts.

    ReplyDelete