- Did you know about "Global Action Week"? Global Action Week takes place this year from April 22nd-28th, 2012. It is a week set aside for raising awareness for the need for early childhood education for ALL children-"especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged". This is an event that is taking place all around the world to raise awareness for this issue.
- This site stresses the quality of early childhood education is about the "holistic" development of the child. It is not all about just getting them ready for kindergarten, but developing the child as a whole.
- In many countries, poorer children are given "alternatives" to early childhood education rather than the "mainstream" classes that others, who can afford to pay, are taking part in. I did not realize that rather than assistance, they were given alternatives.
- They stress the importance of countries keeping an open dialogue in terms of education to help better and assist each other in developing and implementing better early childhood programs.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3 (Alternative Assignment)
For this week, since I have still received no word from my contacts, I am doing the alternative assignment of reviewing the UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education” website. After taking some time to thoroughly explore this site, I have gained some new insights;
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Hello Rachel!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing such valuable information about the UNESCO organization. I was interested in attending the Global Action Week events. You discussed this at a convenient time because the event is held in April. I will make an attempt to attend one of these events. Great Post Rachel!
Hello Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post. I agree I believe that we should get children ready for development that occurs through life, rather than just focusing on kindergarten. I also like that you mentioned mentioned Global Action Week and I hope that people across the world become aware of the quality of recieving education.
Good Job on Your Post!
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteyour post is very interesting; I learned a lot of important information. I like that statement that it focuses on the whole child and not just getting them prepared for kindergarten.
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post!! And to answer your question no I did not hear about Global Action Week. After reading about the Global Action Week I feel that it is a great initiative to shine awareness on the issues of early childhood care and education.
Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI have not heard back from any contact, so I went to the UNESCO website as well. I will continue to use this resource. I believe we could all benefit from it, especially the Global Action Week.
Susan
Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI too didn’t know about Global Action Week until I researched this website. We will always need education, so it is something that all people should know about and all children should experience. This website was very informational.
Arica