Final Blog Assignment

Final Blog Assignment

Final Blog: Issues and Trends, EDUC 6162

Three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field;

1. Is to be thankful for what have.
2. Other part of the world deal with same issues that we deal with like poverty and funding.
3. I am more of aware of the issues that going on international early childhood field.


One goal for the field related to international awareness of issues and trends and the spirit of collegial relations:
1 I learn to accept all culture  and values of families and children because United States is a melting pot of all cultures around the world.
2 Is advocate for children and families is my passion.

Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3

Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3


Over the past seven weeks learned a lot of new and interesting thing about international early childhood  education.  This week learned about the children in Africa  and the early childhood care and education. " The first eight years of child's life are decisive for human  development . Yet statistics on early childhood in Africa  are appalling.

• Less than 12% African children currently have access to Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) services
• 12,000 African  children die every day under conditions that could been avoided-the equivalent of a Boeing 747 crashing every hour
• Of  the 76 % of children entering primary school each year,38% have experienced moderate or severe  malnutrition impacting on their psychomotor and cognitive development.

These ideas will help me with future goals is to become a advocate for children and families for quality center. I Also want work with politician   to  improving funding for  early childhood education. finally I want to become more involved  with issues the effect early childhood education.
References
UNESCO's "Early Childhood Care and Education" website http://unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/.

Sharing Web Resources

 

Sharing Web Resources

 

 

I have been exploring the Zero to Three Website.  I followed an outside link under military family project.  I learn how Zero to Three is focus on children of military.  They have a course for military family called Duty to Care- You Make a Difference (E- Learning Course). It focus on three part  Duty to Care- You Make a Difference, Buffering the Stress of Deployment and Homecoming and Buffering the Stress of a Parent’s Injury or Death each this modules are 20 minute each. It also have section “Honoring our Babies and Toddlers” under this link is booklet for military families.  “Honoring our Babies and Toddlers” have three different booklet that exploring  issues like Supporting Young Children Affected By a Military Parent's Injury, Supporting Young Children Affected By a Military Parent's Death  and  Supporting Young Children Affected By a Military Parent's Deployment, Injury, or Death.

I also learned that April is the month for Military Child. Zero to Three has two video take support military families. Relationship Matter and You Make a Difference   both of these video give me insight on military life and how it affect the children.

I glad to see that Zero to Three website is focus on Military and their family because they need all the support they can get.

Zero to Three http://www.zerotothree.org/ 

Getting to Know Your International Contacts Parts2

Getting to Know Your International Contacts Parts2

 

I review the Harvard University website this weeks. I look over all the different program that the organization was involved. The first one the peak my interest was the Apply the Science of Early Childhood in Brazil.  The collaboration with Global Children Initiative and Nucleo Ciencia Pela Infancia and also partner with David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.  The project is aim to use the science of child health and development to guide stronger policies and larger investment to benefits young children and their families in Brazil. Next I found and article on the Zambian Early Childhood Project this article was very interesting.  I learn that Zambian Project focus on anti –malaria initiative. I also learned that there is not cure for malaria.  In Zambia the leading cause of death is malaria and HIV is other cause of death in Zambia among children under five.( Gunther Fink, 2011).   Also there is no vacancies for malaria.  The Zambia project of anti-malaria initiative had a positive effect on children under five the mortally rate have drop to 30 percent. That good sign that project is working in Zambia.

 After review this website I am interesting in finding out more information why there is not vacancies for malaria. I also interesting see how the partner with Brazil and the Global Children Initiative is working to better children and family in Brazil.   

Harvard University’s Global Children’s Initiative. (2014). Creating a new measure of child development. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/faculty_and_staff/faculty/faculty_spotlights/faculty_spotlight_fink/