Consequences of learning

Consequences of learning

One of the recent pieces of information I learned was how New Zealand early childhood programs were usually ran by the Department of Social Welfare systems is now under their educational systems (Bennett, 2004, p. 1.) Another thing that I thought was very interesting was that according to Bennett (2004), New Zealand is lending towards home child care versus the center childcare.

Not because I own and operate a home child care facility, I really do believe that home care (for the most part) would naturally feel more like being at home versus a center. Not to put the centers down… like everything else there are pros and cons for both.  I have wished many times that I would have more space for my little ones.  When it comes to childhood development and the educational systems, this particular website has an overwhelming amount of data concerning what appears to be any and every kind of information on early childhood development. However what I found by way of UNESCO (http: //www.unesco.org/new/en/.) to be very helpful as well as informative and that is “The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)” This organization has several themes sections that provides information about educational planning, quality and excellence,  equity and access,  and financial status of the educational systems, The IIEP is equally involved and committed to providing the necessary tools needed to help all children throughout the entire world. 

This website can provide current information on just about any subject relating the needs of young children. It is most obvious that IIEP is working to ensure a greater opportunity for young children to develop into healthy and positive adults.  However, there is still much work to be done. According to Felicia Wilson (2002), “In the last ten years many advances were made to increase the awareness on the value of girls’ education and enrollment and retention has improved. While many countries have made progress toward achieving gender equality in education (Hyde 2001), girls continue to face many obstacles that impede their path to learning. Factors include discrimination on the basis of sex; unequal rates of investments by governments” (Felicia Wilson, 2002, p. 2).  Although I am not totally surprise that in young female in certain parts of Africa at this day and age are still fighting for the rights and especially for the right to attend school. 

I am deeply moved at how so many people, organizations, and groups of individuals who are working together all across the world in trying to make leaning, growing and living in our world  a better journey for our young children. It is my plan and hopes to continue to keep up with what is going on nationally in the field of early childhood, and it is also my

plan to research as to try to find out how I can help with this very important cause…

 

References:

Bennett, J., Directorate for Education OECD (2004). Early Childhood Education Policy Brief on Early Childhood: Curriculum in Early Childhood Education and Care.

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization [sic] http://www.unesco.org/new/en/./new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/access-and-equity/#topPage (nd).

Wilson, F., (2002). Gender Based Violence in South African

Schools: Working document.