The international website related to early childhood I chose to explore is Early Childhood Australia found at http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ . This website is full of pertinent, up-to-date information and easy to navigate. A current international research topic is Play and quality in early childhood: Educating superheroes and fairy princesses. I thought this was a great, attention getting research sentence.
The
more I explore early childhood in other countries, the more I see similarities
in the early childhood field. The issues
relating to early childhood appear to be the same just under different
circumstances related to location, social norms, culture, etc.
Although
there are several opportunities to buy books, newsletters and other material
related to early childhood, the website has a section entitled, “Supporting
Best Practice.” Included in this section
are hundreds of links to free fact sheets and papers related to different early
education topics. There were also
related links that seemed to be interesting.
Reference
Early Childhood Australia, http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
Hello Mary! I too chose the Australian website to study! There were multiple research readings that are supportive to the early childhood education field. Yes, it does appear that Australia as well as other countries have the same issues that the Unites States of America face regarding early care. I learned that teacher salaries are extremely low in Australia. The teachers in Australia work nearly for free after paying for their education. The website truly had many readings that where very informational for parents as well as teachers. I love the idea of researching and learning about the issues or trends that international countries are faced with. It can be an eye opener to how blessed and well-off the United States of America education systems are.
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