Blog
– Week 5
I chose to explore Early Childhood Australia site http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
- What are some of the current international research topics?
In current
year of 2013 the following topics have been in the Early Childhood News in
Australia
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May –
Early years missing piece of Federal
Budget
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March -Wages investment supports
quality learning
Under investment in early years
holding back children
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February
Children given strong advocate in
new Nation Children’s Commissioner
Fair, inclusive, quality education
every child’s right, Early Childhood peak
bodies welcome increased support for children with disability.
Majority of providers back quality
reform in early childhood sector
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January - Ratings show children
already seeing childcare improvements.
- What surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website?
One new
insight that I have gained from this site is the information provided about the
“National Quality Standard Professional Learning Program.” The program is
designed to help ECP’s (Early Childhood Professionals) meet the criteria of
setting up an appropriate designed early education environment.
They first
help you understand the links between EYLF (Early Years Learning Framework)
with NQS (National Quality Standards).
They offer
resources to help professionals learn about appropriate environment settings as
well as incorporating good practices in the classroom with learning videos,
forums, social media outlets, and funding and sponsorship resources.
- What other noteworthy information did you find on this website?
The supporting best practices tab offers very
insight information for learning, play, feelings, behaviors, teaching, children’s
rights, and developmental stages. Each topic has many subtopics that can be useful
to some of my colleagues for their research simulation. For example, my
research stimulation is about behavior.
Under the feelings and behavior tab you
will find…
Feelings and behaviors
1. Everyday
behaviors
2. Everyday
Feelings
3. Managing
grief-loss change
4. Promoting
Positive behaviors
5. War
and disaster
These subtopics can help me with my research
simulation because it will help me better understand reasons behind why some children
behave the way they do. There are a lot of good topics on this site that I do
encourage all of my colleagues to browse through.
Reference
Early Childhood Australia: A voice for young children. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
Robin,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the information about the Early Childhood Australia website. Yours is the third blog entry about this website that I have read and I was pleasantly surprised to learn even more about what the website offers! How exciting that you can use some of the information for your research.
Nicolette
Robin, I too chose this website. It is wonderful isn't it. There is a lot of information concerning the well-being of children. As I mention on my post , this website will also help me in my simulation of my research, which is Culture. I would like to see how culture is integrated into learning and teaching in the classroom. I too encourage my colleagues to browse through this website. Thanks for sharing your post.
ReplyDeleteHi Robin. I read my response from you and I like the additional information and concerns you provided from Early Childhood Australia. I did go back and found the part about feelings and behavior category. This area relates to the social-emotional domain that a child must learn in their growing years. What also got my attention on this website is Australia's premier early childhood magazine, Every Child. This publication contains useful and informative articles on issues such as health, education and social trends. The magazine is designed for: students, childcare workers, parents, grandparents, and anyone who wants to keep up to date on events and developments around Australia that impact on children from birth to eight years or on the early childhood field…
ReplyDeleteRobin,
ReplyDeleteThank you for an informative post. I believe inclusion to be the most effective option for children with special needs. To prepare children to function in a rapidly changing world we need to create environments that include all children with diversity including different backgrounds, cultures, language, and abilities. Having a framework for setting up the learning environment is essential to meet the varying needs of all the children.
Robin,
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job summarizing important points from the website. I always find it interesting to see what other countries are doing to better the education for their young children. From what you have discovered, it sounds like the topics Australia are reviewing are the same ones the United States is facing. Thanks for you review.
Laurie