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Assignment: Research Around the World
Week
5 Assignment 2
Early Childhood Australia: This is the Australian equivalent to
the U.S. based National Association Education of Young Children. Resource: http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
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- What are some of the current international research topics?
Early
Childhood Australia is a very interesting, extensive, intense website. This site speaks volumes for children
in the international country of Australia. Some of the current research topics
are found on the left side in blue that link to Early Childhood News. The
articles are from 2002 to the present. One current article that I found
interesting was: ‘Can
we make our children smarter?’ On Sunday morning of May 6, 2012, the program 3Q
aired on SKY asking this question.
Follow this link to watch the video: http://bcove.me/211fnsf1 - What surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website?
One
surprising fact about this international early childhood site is that they have
appealing peer-reviewed academic
journals.
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The
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC) is Australasia's
foremost scholarly journal and the world's longest-running major journal within
the early childhood field. It is published quarterly, and offers research-based
articles that are designed to impart new information and encourage the critical
exchange of ideas among early childhood practitioners, academics and students.
One interesting article, The challenges
of implementing primary arts education: what our teachers say by Alter, F.
et.al, (2009) shares about the creative arts as a key learning area within the
primary curriculum that is an essential component of every Australian primary
school.
- What other noteworthy information did you find on this website?
Noteworthy were
the mission statement and a list of their values:
Our mission statement:
Early Childhood Australia will advocate ensuring quality, social justice and equity in all issues relating to the education and care of children from birth to eight years.
Early Childhood Australia will advocate ensuring quality, social justice and equity in all issues relating to the education and care of children from birth to eight years.
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Our values are:
- The rights of children
- Leadership, excellence and respect
- Courage, honesty and openness
- Collaboration and diversity
- Justice
- Social inclusion of children
Hi Nancy,
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed this website. I thought the information available was easily accessible and it was easy to maneuver through the site. I could not help but remark that they are addressing all of the same issues that we address here in the US, with a few exceptions.
Barbara
"The creative arts as a key learning area within the primary curriculum that is an essential component of every Australian primary school." Awkwardly American schools are fighting hard to keep art programs apart of their school systems.
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