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/

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Due to the fact that I still haven’t heard back from the two ladies I contacted, I decided to stick with researching information with the UNICEF site. This site is extremely informative and provide information regarding children around the world. Within the article, I decided to research an article entitled, “Child Poverty: 5 things we learned in 2014,” by David Stewart. In the article, it talks about how 2014 has been an important year for fighting against child poverty (Stewart, 2015). For children 18 years old and under, Over 569 million are living on less than $1.25 a day (Stewart, 2015). This means that 47% are in extreme poverty according to Stewart. Because poverty is something that is happening around us every day, it makes me extremely grateful that I am fortunate enough to help those individuals around me who may be less fortunate than I am.

What I enjoy about this site is the information it provides on various countries, education around the world, poverty within the world involving children, and the many blogs they post for us to view. Unicef.org also have a section entitled, “UNICEF reaches children in emergencies” which is they do to help children in crisis areas. They are very passionate to children and their families and it makes me proud to see organization caring about our children.

•What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?

What I gained from this site was the programs and funds they raise for children around the world. They have a section where individuals can donate to help children in need. I also learned that they not only just raise money, focus on children, and education, but UNICEF are also involved in child protection and social inclusion, child survival which deals with children health and those who may have diseases such as HIV/AIDS, and humanitarian action.

 

 

 

 

http://blogs.unicef.org/2015/01/23/child-poverty-5-things-we-learned-in-2014/

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 1

Because  I was unable to get in contact with my two contact people across the country, I decided to do the alternative which was to go UNICEF’s  website and read an article about poverty in one country. According to the article, “Child poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon and can be measured in many ways” (UNICEF.org, 2015).  UNICEF has many on-going projects, information, and tools related to child poverty measurement such as, “Monetary and non-monetary approaches to child poverty,  UNICEF-LIS collaboration mapping child poverty in Middle Income Countries, Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA), Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities” (unicef.org, 2015).

              

       I decided to research poverty in Brazil. “More than half of the world’s poor are children. Poor children are more likely to die from pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles and HIV/AIDS, which together with malnutrition are responsible for more than half of the deaths of children under 5 globally” (Rasella, 2013). The Bolsa Familia Program known as BFP was launched in 2003 in Brazil. It is the largest CCT program, with a total of 13.9 million families enrolled in 2012 (Rasella, 2013). “The Programa Saúde da Família (The Family Health Program, FHP) is another large-scale national program, implemented in Brazil over recent years. They  found that both BFP and FHP coverage were associated with a significant reduction of under-5 mortality rates: the Bolsa Famila (BFP) effect was greater when the program had a high coverage (>32%) of the total population in a municipality, and all poor eligible population was enrolled and remained in the programme for 4 years or more.” (Rasella, 2013). 

      Based on my research, I learned that poor children are more likely to catch diseases and hard to fight off due to most families not being able to afford medical insurance. Today, more families are able to get insurance through the government which takes a heavy burden off them. They are more at ease knowing that their child are cared for and able to get treatment and medication. 

http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Child_Povery_Insights_September_2013.pdf

 (http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/index_childpoverty.html)  

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The organization I chose was the National headstart associate Also known as NHSA. The National Head Start Association vision is to Our vision is “To lead”To be the untiring voice that will not be quiet until every vulnerable child is served with the Head Start model of support for the whole child, the family and the community. To advocate.To work diligently for policy and institutional changes that ensure all vulnerable children and families have what they need to succeed” (nhsa.org, 2015). Their mission is to “coalesce, inspire, and support the Head Start field as a leader in early childhood development and education”  (nhsa.org). Head start has been serving at risk year for many years and began under president Lyndon Johnson.

The internation organization I chose to research is the Association for Childhood Education Internation also known as ACEI. ACEI is a global community of educators and advocates who unite knowledge, experience, and perspectives in order to exchange information, explore innovation and advocate for children” (acei.org, 2015). Their mission is to promote and support the optimal education, development, and well-being of children worldwide (acei.org, 2015).

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On ACEI, there is a section for all newletters and information that are free and available to view. The newsletter that caught my attention was entitled, “Promoting Good Childhood in Kathmandu. This newsletter was in regards to ACEI members and supporters exploring early childhood development in Napal. While there, they held mini summit which was to gain knowledge about what's happening in the world in the area of ECD.... It is a reflection on the condition of ECD in Nepal and provides an opportunity for participants to learn together and hear the voices of people from grassroots level to policymakers” (acei.org, 2015).

Websites

http://www.acei.org

http://www.acei.org/acei-news/promoting-good-childhoods-in-kathmandu

http://www.nhsa.org/

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This week, I decided to reach out to Helen Ruyeng and Ms. Dominique. Helen is a blogger at   UNICEF connect. I reached out to Helen to see her views on Early Childhood in various countries and Education background. Ms. Dominique of Haiti work for NAEYC. The two individiuals were asked about their background on early childhood and the importance of early childhood in various countries. I do believe i will have to go with plan b since i have noit received feedback yet