Blog Assignment: Getting to know your International Contacts Part 2.
One insight I learned was about "The National forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs. This program Policy and Programs. This program tries to communicate the need for public Investment, what area to invest funds and the containing assessment of set programs.
Another insight I learned was about the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University working together with Governors in support of "Best Practice" across the entire United States.
The last insight was about "Child Mental Health Network." Child Mental Health is a program that looks at how much we know and don't know about mental health. Research is constantly being looked at in hopes of a resources of understanding mental health.
Reference:
(http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Blog Assignment: Sharing Resources
Blog Assignment: Sharing Resources:
1. The section of information that seemed particularly relevant to my current professional development is using sport for development. The "Unicef" uses sports as a strategy to help developed physical strength and play. In the profession I am inspiring to teach in play, exploration and observation is essential part of a young child's development.
2. I found "Australian Cricketers," to visiting teen mothers to be a great way of catching the attention of young mothers and inspiring them to stay in school. Young mothers also are educated on the importance of HIV and Aides.
3. The Unicef website helps me to understand the trouble today's youth is in due to the economy and changes in world climate. The Unicef recognizes the need of investing into the needs of the youth in hopes of curing poverty.
4. One other new insight I learned about issues and trends in the early childhood field is how the " Unicef" youth advocate for the rights of all children. The youth worked together by being young people's voice and to speak on behalf of other children. For example primary children feel they want to go to school and play they feel they should be provided medicine when they are sick. All of these rights are addressed by the youth working for Unicef.
References:
http://www.unicef.org.au/
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/australia.html
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html
1. The section of information that seemed particularly relevant to my current professional development is using sport for development. The "Unicef" uses sports as a strategy to help developed physical strength and play. In the profession I am inspiring to teach in play, exploration and observation is essential part of a young child's development.
2. I found "Australian Cricketers," to visiting teen mothers to be a great way of catching the attention of young mothers and inspiring them to stay in school. Young mothers also are educated on the importance of HIV and Aides.
3. The Unicef website helps me to understand the trouble today's youth is in due to the economy and changes in world climate. The Unicef recognizes the need of investing into the needs of the youth in hopes of curing poverty.
4. One other new insight I learned about issues and trends in the early childhood field is how the " Unicef" youth advocate for the rights of all children. The youth worked together by being young people's voice and to speak on behalf of other children. For example primary children feel they want to go to school and play they feel they should be provided medicine when they are sick. All of these rights are addressed by the youth working for Unicef.
References:
http://www.unicef.org.au/
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/australia.html
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Getting to know my International Partner
My International Partner:
I thought it would be great to share the email that my international wrote to me on my blog site for this assignment. Everything that was asked about poverty with children and their families was shared through this email. My international partner name is Prima. She was great in sharing what she knows and has experienced as it relates to poverty. The next thing you will read below is her email to me.
I thought it would be great to share the email that my international wrote to me on my blog site for this assignment. Everything that was asked about poverty with children and their families was shared through this email. My international partner name is Prima. She was great in sharing what she knows and has experienced as it relates to poverty. The next thing you will read below is her email to me.
Hi Audrey,
I am an Indian and have lived in India most of my life. I am currently based in Hong Kong.
When I think of poverty I can associate poverty more with India compared to Hongkong. I have seen cases of extreme poverty as well as people barely managing to get through. I have lived in Bombay and Pune. Bombay or Mumbai is the financial hub of India and is a city where you see the ' filthy rich ' as well as beggars .
I am assuming your question is based on early childhood in relation to poverty ......
The poor in India are associated with having ' too many ' children. The mother is often on a poor diet before , during and after pregnancy, Once the child is born the mother either goes back to work as domestic help ,construction work etc and the baby is left with the grandmother/ relatives . Speaking kindly or gently is unheard of and the poor baby is often neglected . The only thing that draws the adult's attention is a big job or hunger wails. If the mother is at home she is often busy with the other kids .
Children are often seen wandering on roads , playing with mud / cement / pebbles , running around naked around slums .
Toys are very few and books as a source of entertainment are practically non existent in these homes.
Well every second house in most slums does have a television though which according to me does no good !!!
Well every second house in most slums does have a television though which according to me does no good !!!
Children often go to ' Balwadi' ( kindergarten ) at the age of 3 or 3.5 . The Quality of these schools and the teachers is another story and a sad one !
Since the houses are super small say 100 sq ft sometimes.... the older children are forced to study / read amidst loads of noise ( mostly consisting of fights ) . Most don;t make it beyond 8th grade .I firmly believe that the first 6 years are extremely crucial in a child's mental development and considering the fact the most of their crucial years are spent wandering aimlessly and barely been spoken to its no surprise that most of the children are not too bright.Its a sort of vicious circle as lack of education forces them to get into unskilled labour and earn less ..
Girls are often expected to do household chores and look after the children . Most of them today are sent to school but education amongst girls is not considered important.
Well all is not grim and we do have a few cases of poor children topping grades and doing well and getting out of the curse of poverty.
If you search online you will see the statistics of literacy rates in India rising but by and large poverty is rampant within the huge population of 2 billion.
We do have a few organisations that help in the field of education. They run day cares for infants and kindergartens for children. We have world vision which accepts sponsors for education children .
My heart goes out to the children who wander aimlessly or beg on streets when they should be in school. But I guess the stomach needs to be filled before the brain !
This is my perspective and how I see it. Hope it helps in a tiny way.
Take care
Regards
Prima
What I have learned by listening to my international partner Prima talk about her country is that children in her country are suffering in terms of every day basic needs. When you add education into the equation that is not very much room for such things. It seems like from what I have read that because of the resources provided by World Visions they are able to offer child care for children. This free up mothers to be able to go to work. One insight that I got after reading further was picturing children walking around the streets looking for food instead of being in school. I just can't understand how did a country get into a situation such as they are in. It makes you wonder about the United States with the trouble our economy is in, can this happen in our country as well?
What I have learned by listening to my international partner Prima talk about her country is that children in her country are suffering in terms of every day basic needs. When you add education into the equation that is not very much room for such things. It seems like from what I have read that because of the resources provided by World Visions they are able to offer child care for children. This free up mothers to be able to go to work. One insight that I got after reading further was picturing children walking around the streets looking for food instead of being in school. I just can't understand how did a country get into a situation such as they are in. It makes you wonder about the United States with the trouble our economy is in, can this happen in our country as well?
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Blog 2 Assignment
Blog 2 Assignment Resources:
1. The newsletter I subscribed to is Australia's newsletter. The types of issues the newsletter address is "Australia committed to its children. " The article is basically addressing children deserve the right to be heard. It goes on to list 3 groups of children that are missing out
(1). Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander children have child morality rates three times their non-aboriginal peers and are the least consulted in Australian.
(2). The numbers of children in out of home care has increased by 51.5 percent since 2005.
(3). The children of asylum seekers remain in detention facilities.
The newsletter contains a variety of issues such as information about South Sudan children having a historic day of a new country emerging without conflict. Another story was interesting was about welcoming the finding of the Independent Review on Aid Effectiveness.
2. I have learned that resources seem to be available for children and families in different parts of the world. I also, have learned that as much as given much is still required. It seems like other countries will always need extra resources for children to have a heath development.
3. The issue that stands out and catches my attention is the report that was recommend to listen to children. I believe the issue sounds like the same things we are faced with here in the United States as it relates to children. Although, what I feel makes these concerns a little different is Australia has addressed these issues from the perspective as if children are expressing their needs.
4. After considering the topic for this week the website I am studying offered one story about early education program increases access for ethnic children in Laos. Basically this story is about a young boy who is among different ethnicity's that make up a diverse country. His education presents a linguistic challenge. I personally thought about the challenges people have to educate children in their own country. Then I thought about the challenges that are ahead of us with the change of demographics and diversity in the near future.
References:
http://www.unicef.org.au/
1. The newsletter I subscribed to is Australia's newsletter. The types of issues the newsletter address is "Australia committed to its children. " The article is basically addressing children deserve the right to be heard. It goes on to list 3 groups of children that are missing out
(1). Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander children have child morality rates three times their non-aboriginal peers and are the least consulted in Australian.
(2). The numbers of children in out of home care has increased by 51.5 percent since 2005.
(3). The children of asylum seekers remain in detention facilities.
The newsletter contains a variety of issues such as information about South Sudan children having a historic day of a new country emerging without conflict. Another story was interesting was about welcoming the finding of the Independent Review on Aid Effectiveness.
2. I have learned that resources seem to be available for children and families in different parts of the world. I also, have learned that as much as given much is still required. It seems like other countries will always need extra resources for children to have a heath development.
3. The issue that stands out and catches my attention is the report that was recommend to listen to children. I believe the issue sounds like the same things we are faced with here in the United States as it relates to children. Although, what I feel makes these concerns a little different is Australia has addressed these issues from the perspective as if children are expressing their needs.
4. After considering the topic for this week the website I am studying offered one story about early education program increases access for ethnic children in Laos. Basically this story is about a young boy who is among different ethnicity's that make up a diverse country. His education presents a linguistic challenge. I personally thought about the challenges people have to educate children in their own country. Then I thought about the challenges that are ahead of us with the change of demographics and diversity in the near future.
References:
http://www.unicef.org.au/
Friday, July 1, 2011
Establishing Professional Contacts
ESTABLISHING PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS
1. This week the steps I took to locate and contact two professional in Australia, China Hong Kong and Beijing were to email, introducing myself, telling them where I attend college, I gave them information about my class and about my first assignment. I asked each of them would they help me over the next weeks in talking about trends and issues in early childhood in their area.
2. I also subscribed to Australia, China Hong Kong and Beijing's newsletters in attempt of establishing contact with a professional.
3. I have not gotten an answer after attempting to establishing communication. I have waited for the last days to hear from someone before posting my assignment. If I don't hear from some one next week, I will have to choose the alternate assignment for Part 1.
4. I chose the organization of UNICEF. I basically clicked on the website located in the resources and chose a country I was interested in learning about. Then I read about how long the organization has been established in the area.
5. The website I decided to study was Australia's website. The website gives valuable information in how long the website has been established trying to help support children.
6. The helpful tips I can share with you is just to read everything at the top of the website and the different areas that the website represent. The other hit is apply to more than two professionals and organization's.
7. I do not have a question yet for my colleagues concerning this project yet.
1. This week the steps I took to locate and contact two professional in Australia, China Hong Kong and Beijing were to email, introducing myself, telling them where I attend college, I gave them information about my class and about my first assignment. I asked each of them would they help me over the next weeks in talking about trends and issues in early childhood in their area.
2. I also subscribed to Australia, China Hong Kong and Beijing's newsletters in attempt of establishing contact with a professional.
3. I have not gotten an answer after attempting to establishing communication. I have waited for the last days to hear from someone before posting my assignment. If I don't hear from some one next week, I will have to choose the alternate assignment for Part 1.
4. I chose the organization of UNICEF. I basically clicked on the website located in the resources and chose a country I was interested in learning about. Then I read about how long the organization has been established in the area.
5. The website I decided to study was Australia's website. The website gives valuable information in how long the website has been established trying to help support children.
6. The helpful tips I can share with you is just to read everything at the top of the website and the different areas that the website represent. The other hit is apply to more than two professionals and organization's.
7. I do not have a question yet for my colleagues concerning this project yet.
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