Throughout this course, we have been learning about poverty, equity, and quality in the early childhood education system. However, we have also been exposed to the issue of early childhood education globally. Here are three insights I have gained about this issue globally:
Poverty is a major issue among other countries. Whereas we would like to see even more programs for impoverished children in the United States, other countries have even less access or, no programs at all.
To continually better our programs, it is important that we partner with other countries. By doing so, we can gain ideas and new ways of thinking to strengthen our programs and theirs. As in our schools here, we need to be constant collaborators.
I learned quite a bit from The Harlem Children's Zone website. Although it is not international, it is from an area that faces its own unique challenges that are quite different from the area that i live and teach in. They have pulled together to form their own educational community that provides structure and a safe place for their children to be on a 7-day a week basis.
The major goal I see for international awareness is to be a constant advocate for children not only in the United States, but globally. Children are children, no matter where they are from and our desire to see all children learn to grow and develop in a healthy, quality environment should not stop at our boarders.
Hey Rachel,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing a detailed and informative post on your important insights. I really enjoyed reading it, and especially the information that you have shared with us about the Harlem Children's Zone website.
Again, good job!
You are right, if we can collaborate with other countries, I believe it is a win - win situation. We can learn many things from them, and they can learn different things from us.
ReplyDeleteI must say, The Harlem Children's Zone is a great website, and I believe it is doing great things for children in order to keep them safe and provide skills needed for future successes. Before this course, I never realized there was such a website! Thank you for your information you have provided.
I agree with you; children developing and learning does not stop, period. Being an advocate and standing up for children and their families should be a priority for all educators, even if that means taking it internationally.
Thank you again for your great blog postings each week. I look forward to future blog postings from you.
Blessings,
Susan
I think you that you made a great point about we tend to complain about the lack of funds and resources we have available and we never stop and think about other countries who have almost nothing. Sometimes we just need to stop and count our blessings!
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