Saturday, March 1, 2014

FINAL BLOG ASSIGNMENT

The first consequence I learned was that education is our primary focus, while countries like Kenya have childhood education and other concerns for their children. In Kenya the educators have incorporated water purification and the children education together. The children live in houses without running water or toilets. The water was muddy. The children and teachers purified the water together. The children have acquired skills and improved their self esteem. We have hardships in America but our water supply is not damaged. Other countries have education as an obstacle along with other issues at times. In America at least we can concentrate on the education needed for our children......www.OMEP-USNC.org Another consequence I have learned is that children do have advocates like Hillary Clinton and Marion Wright Edelman. The sad part is that most of children's advocates are women and the government is made up of mostly men. Possibly children's advocates are not heard loudly or understood. Another consequence was that unfortunately as hard as I tried I couldn't get an ECE professional from another country to correspond with me. I was kind of disappointed at first because I was so hyped at the prospect of networking and learning new things about the International Child Resource Institute and its child abuse prevention curriculum. Educators become trained in child abuse detection, intervention and prevention all for the safety of the children....www.icrichild.org/Kenya. One goal for the early childhood field is to come together globally , discuss and make educated solutions on how to effectively educate our children, develop strategies and collaborate together continuously through seminars and workshops. Two heads are better than one and more than two is excellent!

2 comments:

  1. Karen

    Thanks for sharing your international insights. Learning about countries that are less fortunate than the United States is a humbling experience. I can only imagine how different it is to teach in a developing country vs. a developed country. I love how you ended the your blog, Yes two heads are better than one and if we all work together the education system in the United States and all over the world will be of great quality !

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  2. Dear Karen,

    Yes, We make the course down. I want to thank you for supporting me during past 8 weeks study. Also, Thank you for sharing your insight about issues and trends in the field of early childhood. I like the goal that professionals come together globally collaborate to discuss and solve the issues and trends in EC field through seminars and workshops. Wish we will meet someday in one of the seminars/workshops.

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