Final Blog Assignment

When it came to learning about early childhood education internationally, there were pros and cons with it. In my opinion, 1.) I do not recommend having students search for colleague to interact with regarding early childhood education because these individuals do not respond back. It can be many reasons why, such as the individual cannot our language and may not understand what we are asking for because early childhood education could be different where they are from. 2.) Other countries have various views on early childhood education and they may not agree with why believe it is important. Many countries do not make early childhood education important as much as we do. We believe that children should have that experience early on. Many countries don't believe in it until either their child reach a certain age or their child will attend until their child hit a certain age where a family member can watch them at home. 3.) Another consequence is researching information that you would like to know about another country, and the information is written in their language or you contact a employee and they are not able to understand you because you do not speak their language. I do believe that we should be diverse and learn about other countries, but we should be smart about it. One goal is to learn about international early childhood field, but make sure you go to sites that will have the information in your language. Go to sites that you know will have the information in you language versus going to international sites that have the information in there written language. Being diverse can help you succeed in your professional field because you can take some ideas they may list and use them within your career.

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Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2

Due to the fact that I have not heard back from my individuals. I decided to do a little research on the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. At the Center on the Developing Child, they focus on the Global Children’s Initiative. “The Global Children’s Initiative (GCI) was established in 2009 to advance the Center’s mission internationally through a collaborative, science-based approach to inproving the survival, health, learning, and behavior of children facing significant adversity”(developingchild.harvard.edu. 2015).

                Some of GCI activities include “Applying the Science of Early Childhood in Brazil, Global Learning Community: Saving Brains, Support for Faculty: Seed-Funded Research, and GCI Funders” (). You are also able to sign up on the site for updates to receive information on the center. GCI also provide resources such as activities guide, multimedia, Briefs, articles and books.

 

http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/