Saturday, December 22, 2012

Journey through Research


This research class has been an insightful and interesting journey.  I can honest admit that I thought at the beginning of this course that I would end up drop the course.  Anything to do with research typically overwhelms me professionally.  However throughout this process that I have come to understand that my every day challenges, running childcare facilities takes research and different levels of study the majority of the time.  This class has enabled me to understand the research process more clearly, and apply it to my professional work.  I can better organize my thoughts and relay those thoughts and ideas to help others benefit from my work.  I am glad that through this process that I have a better understanding and new found respect for equality and equitability.  It is those two important factors in the research process that will lead fellow colleagues and professionals respect and value your work.  It also insures that the work and research being done has true unbiased representation and acknowledgements. 

I have a special thank you to all of my fellow classmates who struggled and challenged themselves through this course and I want to give a word of thank for your continued support.  Thank you to Dr. Davis for your encouragement and arrangement of assignments to make the last eight weeks manageable.

Happy Holidays to everyone!  I will see you in the New Year!

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Blog Assignment: Research Around the World


*       What are some of the current international research topics?

*       In the Australian Community a significant amount of research is being focused on the middle years.  Identifying the disconnect and establish more effective teacher student relationships seems to be the topic of the research found on http://www.acsa.edu.au/pages/page32.asp

*       What surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website? If I understood the website correctly that early childhood teachers working with children birth to five years must possess early child teaching qualification.    I also was very surprised that the focus of early education was stated that is main focus was children experiencing success in learning.  That is such a wonderfully vital role to focus on.  I think most organizations want children to experience success in learning but do not make it a focus.

*       What other noteworthy information did you find on this website?

*       I did not find any interesting links on the Australian Curriculum Site.  I was able to find note worthy information on the EECERA.  This is the site had a link to the Korean Institute of Childcare and Education.  This site had numerous links to the type of research that is being done in Korea.

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