Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3

Quality   
High quality childcare, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, promotes motivation, confidence, good cognitive and linguistic development and school readiness (UNESCO, 2012). I believe that if all children could have access to high quality childcare, then they would have a higher turn out of a success rate in school. There would probably be less students dropping out.

Investment and Financing
The greatest difficulty faced by countries in their efforts to expand and improve the quality of early childhood care and education is the mobilisation of resources (UNESCO, 2012). I totally agree with this statement because if there is a major improvement in the quality of early childhood care students will be at an advantage. When I say an advantage, I mean that they will become more successful in life.

Coordination and Integration
Early Childhood care and education is often the concern of several government sectors and usually these are education, social affairs and health (UNESCO, 2012).  I think that early childhood care and education is and will always be a concern in life.

Reference

UNESCO. 2012. Early childhood care and education. Retrieved from       http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/introducing-unesco/

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Some of the outside links that I have read lead to the talk about how quality early childhood education and care is crucial in the well-being and overall development of a child and can offer the best start especially for children with disadvantage to realize their individual potential (Budapest, 2011, p3). It also goes to talk about the negative and the positive experiences that can impact children on their path to success.

As I searched the website I found something in the article about investments are being equitable in early childhood education and care and how those investments are also considered high quality in early childhood education as well.

The insight that I gained this week about the issues and trends in the early childhood field from exploring the website was how there are a number of rationales for promoting early education and care, which draw on different kinds of evidence and data sets, and which lead to different policy priorities and outcomes. Although some countries have been able to combine all three rationales seamlessly, these rationales are more often than not addressed separately and in an uncoordinated way (Budapest, 2011, p.8).

Reference

Budapest. (2011). Guide to the conference excellence and equity in early childhood education and care. Retrieved from http://tempus.tpf.hu/ecec/docs/Kisgyermekkori_beliv_ENG.pdf

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Some of the outside links that I have read lead to the talk about how quality early childhood education and care is crucial in the well-being and overall development of a child and can offer the best start especially for children with disadvantage to realize their individual potential (Budapest, 2011, p3). It also goes to talk about the negative and the positive experiences that can impact children on their path to success.

As I searched the website I found something in the article about investments are being equitable in early childhood education and care and how those investments are also considered high quality in early childhood education as well.

The insight that I gained this week about the issues and trends in the early childhood field from exploring the website was how there are a number of rationales for promoting early education and care, which draw on different kinds of evidence and data sets, and which lead to different policy priorities and outcomes. Although some countries have been able to combine all three rationales seamlessly, these rationales are more often than not addressed separately and in an uncoordinated way (Budapest, 2011, p.8).

Reference

Budapest. (2011). Guide to the conference excellence and equity in early childhood education and care. Retrieved from http://tempus.tpf.hu/ecec/docs/Kisgyermekkori_beliv_ENG.pdf

Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 2

          The new insights and information that I've gained from the Harvard website was that the organization is launching its first major programmatic effort outside the United States. I thought that this fact was interesting because I never really heard about organizations taking their organizations outside of the United States if they developed it in the United States. Most organizations that I hear of normally develop them in other countries to help children out.

When humanitarian crises hit around the world, nongovernmental organizations rush into the fray, intensively focused on urgent survival needs, not necessarily on longer-term impacts that may take an even greater toll on the country and its citizens (Center on Developing Child, 2012). I love the fact of how these nongovernmental organizations rush to help out he needs of the children we they become impact when a crisis hits. It takes time for the regular government to go out  and help those in crisis so this is a really big positive thing that I believe is considered a great gesture.

Reference

Center on the Developing Child. (2012). Global children’s initiative. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/

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Promoting early learning seemed particularly relevant to my current professional development.

The idea that made me think about an issue in a new way was the fact that the goal for early learning is to improve the health, social-emotional, and cognitive outcomes for all children from birth through 3^rd grade, so that all children, particularly those with high needs, are on track for graduation from high school college- and career ready. To enhance the quality of programs and services and improve outcomes for children from birth through 3^rd grade, including children with disabilities and those who are English Learners, the Department will promote initiative that increase access to high-quality programs, improve the early learning workforce, build the capacity of states and programs to develop and implement comprehensive early learning assessment systems, and ensure program effectiveness and accountability (U.S. Department of Education).

The information that the website contains that adds to my understanding of how politicians support early childhood is the fact that the President of the United States Administration will be trying to help children that are vulnerable and their families reach their full potentials.

Reference

U.S. Department of Education (n.d). Early leaning initiative. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/early-learning