Friday, April 5, 2013

Research Around the World

I choose to research the Early Childhood Australia site. This international site is currently researching topics such as inclusion, quality education, and investing in the early years of children, along with many other areas. An interesting fact I discovered about this site is its Reconciliation Action Plan which has a cultural focus on children from the Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander background. This reconciliation action plan includes  different cultural communities so that children can learn about inculsion while being a part of an inclusive classroom. The action plan host activities such as a community lunch, garden planting, developing artwork together, special story times, morning tea, as well as a Grown-Up's Breakfast. Other noteworthy information about this site is that it has just institued a National Quality Standard Framework in Jan. 2012 which is already having positive affects on the early childhood field in Australia. Through this National Quality Standard Framework, Australia is developing standards that will benefit the early childhood field for children, families,and early childhood educators.

Ref
Early Childhood Australia (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/pdf/voice/Voice_1301_screen.pdf

5 comments:

  1. Hi Tiffany,
    I enjoyed reading your post. It is wonderful to see that no matter what international website we explored, each is conducting research and striving to implement policies and practices that enhance the quality of care and education all children have a right to receive.

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  2. What an interesting post and site. Education is so important and I was so happy to see that Australia is reaching out to improve the education of Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander children. Education is such a valuable part of an individual's life. I loved learning about the fact that Australia is working in the direction of inclusion of children from diverse cultural backgrounds.

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  3. Hi Tiffany,

    Great contribution on the Early Childhood Australia site. Very good contribution you have shared on inclusion which is very important to the EC field and very recent information. I would take note of this to help me in other future research work.
    Thanks for sharing.

    Adesoye


    Adesoye

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  4. This very interesting. I enjoyed receiving the information you post. Researching topics on inclusion is something very important in the early childhood field. Their are so much information that focus on early learning and I enjoy reading it.

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  5. I also posted information on Australia, very interesting site to read about. It includes a lot of helpful information about early childhood standards that will have a lasting benefit.
    Seventy-five years is a long time for an organization to continue to having an effect on people.

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