When I Think of Research

When I Think of Research

 

 Being able to have a better understanding of research. Given me the opportunity to gain a better insight how research is perform. Although I have taken a similar course about research. this course I was able to have better clarity and understanding on how to perform a research simulation.

I can truly admit taking this course have change my thoughts about research.
Even though, I was familiar with doing research, the thought of learning new things about research freight me. However learning different challenges in research have given me the opportunity to express my understanding of research.

Through-out this course being able to understand how planning and designing a research in early childhood can affect data collection or sampling or just the outcome of the research. There are many parts to conducting  and designing research. Therefore when implementing a research for early childhood there must be understanding of equity in the research along with  mixed method.

Even though, I had encounter many challenges through-out this course. I was able to critically examine these challenges so I would have a better understanding. Mixed method approach in which it used qualitative and quantitative method on one study.

This course have given me the opportunity to learn a different parts of early childhood field.
Research has open many doors for me comprehend and understand in early childhood field in which ways how research is performed and developed. Therefore, my understanding of early childhood studies have broaden because of research course.

I want to Thank You, everyone who have post  a comment on my blog and to my classmates. I enjoyed learning about research in early childhood field.

Research Around the World

                                              About ECDVU in Sub-Saharan Africa:
While looking through ecd website, I was able to view some of their research topics. For Example;
 
                      1.The Development of an Integrated Early Childhood Development Urban Model Training Program for Informal Minders and Community Volunteers in Ghana; BY;Felix Agorsah
 
 
                     2.Building Community Leadership for Quality Sustainability in Madrasa Preschools: The Case of Madrasa Preschools Post Graduation Support BY:Asha Mohammed Ahmed
 
 
                    3.The Status of Coordination and Supervision of Early Childhood Education in Ghana BY:Margaret Amponsah

However there were some new insight I was able to learn about early childhood in Ghana, Tanzania. For example;Ghana office of UNICEF introduced the IECD program aimed at promoting the survival, growth, protection, and education, all key components of development of the child aged 0-8 years. I was  also able to learn about early childhood education in Ghana dates back over 160 years to 1843. I was amazed how long early childhood education has been around. Even though it has not been until 1961, however, that institutions were put in place to formalise this service to young children. Since then, major changes and activities have taken place. These include formulation of policy guidelines for nursery education. http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/index.php

There were also additional information I also recognized on this website: ECDVU participants work with a number of highly respected ECD faculty.Inclusion in ECDVU was not based solely on a self-identification application process typical of graduate level educational programs. Instead, in most cases, the names of ECDVU candidates emerged from an in-country process that brought together an inter-sectoral ECD country committee to identify significant early childhood goals for the country in the years ahead.Even though individual aptitude and sustained commitment are critical factors in candidates' success, the ECDVU is not primarily about individual learning and development. It is primarily concerned with advancing ECD within each participating country, and across sub-Saharan Africa, through a "flow-through" of information and involvement in the candidate's learning by the larger ECD "community" within his or her country. http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/index.php

Therefore, I find this website to be highly informative about international early childhood development, education. Even-though each research I have read about was based on different criteria. Their foundation was based on helping communities, families and children development. However among all the different financial support of the following organizations: For example; World Bank:Norwegian Educational Trust Fund; UNICEF;UNESCO;CIDA;Dutch Government, and many more. ECD website was excellent.

Reference:

 http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/index.php

http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/major_reports.php

Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

                                                           Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome has touch my life in many ways. My children have grown up in a very ordinary school district and to seem to have a lot of friends. During the fall they play football, the winter they played basketball and the spring it was softball. There was one kid in the neighborhood that had Down Syndrome but to my kids and the other kids in the neighborhood he was just like everyone else. Until one night we had away game and  some one called him a rude name and my son decided to hit the kid for saying such a rude name and it cause a huge fight between the two teams. Myself and the other parents in the neighborhood decided to seek professional help. We wanted our children to understand what Down Syndrome is and that people who have it can have a normal life.

About Down Syndrome:
Down syndrome (DS), also called Trisomy 21, is a condition in which extra genetic material causes delays in the way a child develops, both mentally and physically. It affects about 1 in every 800 babies born in the United States.The physical features and medical problems associated with Down syndrome can vary widely from child to child. While some kids with DS need a lot of medical attention, others lead healthy lives

Reference:
kidshealth.org › Parents › Diseases & Conditions
www.mayoclinic.com/health/down-syndrome/DS00182‎

Personal Research Journey

There are many reason researcher studies child development. developmentlists begin with curiosity and then seek the facts, drawing conclusion only after careful research. However child development is divided into four equal parts to make a whole child. Therefor, I chose for my simulation is Early Childhood; Cognitive Development between the ages of 2 and 6 years of age understanding conservation and what is logic or not logic.
Through-out my teaching with  pre-school children. I have personally watch how children eyes have lighten up through-out the years over many fairy-tale stories.Children begin to think symbolically and learn to use words and pictures to represent objects. They also tend to be very egocentric, and see things only from their point of view.

Preoperational Stage:

"During this stage, young children are able to think about things symbolically. Their language use becomes more mature. They also develop memory and imagination, which allows them to understand the difference between past and future, and engage in make-believe.

But their thinking is based on intuition and still not completely logical. They cannot yet grasp more complex concepts such as cause and effect, time, and comparison."(Inhelder&Piaget,pg257, 1964)

 

Reference:

 

Berger, K. S. (2012). The developing person through childhood (6th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers

Berger, K. S. (2012). The developing person through childhood (6th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers: Inhelder, Barbel, & Piaget, Jean, (1964) The early growth of logic in the child.

 

 

CONSEQUENCES OF LEARNING

Through-out my eight weeks journey the three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field in a professional and personal development are.
1) When I first start to engage with my colleague over seas my understanding was unclear of the struggles in Egypt school system. The decline of many student attendance because of political problems have made the country standards academically decline. Many of the families who could afford to send their children to private American or French Pre-school happen to be 20% percentile that is considered wealthy. However my gaining of understanding is that we don't realize how lucky as teachers and parents we are to have are children attend school with out a correct regime in power.

2) Even-though Egypt school system have had it rough I was able to network with many colleagues. Mai have been my main resource with pictures and events. I was able to learned that teacher do not make huge salary and recently a union was form than it was broken than it was formed again and than broken. Many of the teacher in Egypt are true teacher because they may teach all day than turn around and tutor individual children after school. I learn from this experience is true dedication and loving to teach. I learned that high-quality teacher's are based on the amount of caring and time educating individual students in other countries.

3) Through-out my journey I was able to meet some many lovely colleagues. I am proud to say. Mai will visit me soon from Egypt. I am glad we are able to keep the communication open. I was able to learn a lot about Egypt early childhood field and their school system. I was able to network and receive resources that can help many of my diverse student and I was able to help them with resource from American schools. Networking help me with information that I was able to share with other colleague.

Therefore, my goal to international awareness and collegial relations is to be able to communicate and share resources when necessary. There should be a open door at all times. We are colleagues from different parts of the world but we share the same interest. Teaching Early Childhood Education. I really enjoyed these last past eight weeks. I hope to see everyone next class. I enjoyed reading everyone blog.

EXCELLENCE +QUALITY

OLD VS NEW
Mai, my professional colleague from Egypt, has englighten me withwith execellence and quality and how it became such a importants to so many women.In ancient Egypt, boys from wealthy families started school at the age of four. Before a child started his first year of school, his father decided what his son's occupation would be in the future. Egyptians were very practical, so kids at schools were taught only the subjects that would be at schools were taught only the subjects that would be useful in their career. The only boys who were taught mathematics were the ones that were going to be tax collectors. As time went on the schools in Egypt has change and young girls were able to participate in education. To many, Egypt men this is considered a honor to educate your daughters before marriage.

 

 As time moved on young girls were accept to receive education and to work out of homes. Many earned professional jobs and became doctors and lawyers and teachers. Mia Hany who is my contact in Egypt explain that excellence and quality, is based on thier performance and which regime is in power. They do not have  Tearcher union and protest can cause their life. Durning time of the protest hundreds of teachers were fired and transferred during the pro-democracy demonstrations, and the union is seeking their reinstatement.Teacher salaries in Egypt are abysmally low. Public school teachers are among the least paid civil servants in Egypt and still they are blamed for all the corrupting in the educational system.  Many tearchers privatley tutor other students after school becuase our class have more than 40 student and their no such thing and as aid in public schools. Most of the children have a private tutor or go to British or American Schools where their parents can afford for private lesson but those parent who can not afford the private lesson. Many teacher tutor for free. The government still state that Egyptian Teachers are the blame for the over size classes and run-down schools. Tearchers protesting and asking for more money and better schools. Mia, discuss that quality and excellence is so complex in Egypt future and was so well plan in it past.

EXCELLENCE:

Mia, quoted my word excellence as a word of the past vs the future. In Egypt there are many schools American schools and British schools, French school and many more. The richer you are the more private of a school your childlren will attend. In Egypt education is based on quality of life style you live. How much money you make every year. many tearcher would love to further their education but finances is a huge problem in Egypt future. Mia was very lucky to finish her Early childhood master program on-line and her school were she works at paid for it. In many other cases their is no extra money from the government or teachers who can barely survive with their salary. this is called Egypt future.Where their past was filled with encouragement and a very rich economy and no worries for their future.

SHARING WEB RESOURCES

                                             Giving Hope To A World Of Need

                                                             Education:

The link and web resources program that Ilink to was CRS.
CRS and its partners promote and support access to quality basic education for all. The agency stands in solidarity with the most marginalized populations and works to effect individual, structural, and systematic changes. In so doing, CRS contributes to building peaceful and just societies.
CRS implements or supports education activities in three areas:

• Crisis areas
• Areas that are transitioning from a crisis to stability
• Relatively stable areas

In crisis areas, CRS often provides support directly to schools, whereas in poor but relatively stable areas, CRS supports local "grassroots" organizations or partners who, in turn, work closely with local schools.
CRS' education programming is based on continuous dialogue and reflection for improved performance. Special emphasis is given to working with the social agencies of the local Catholic Church and other faith-based organizations because of our shared commitment to promoting justice and our respect for human life and dignity.

CRS has three priorities for its education programming:

1. Access and Equity
2. Quality Education
3. Community Participation

CRS considers these priorities when implementing activities such as Food-Assisted Education (FAE), also known as school feeding programs. CRS has supported school feeding programs since 1958. School meals help meet short and long-term education, nutrition, and food security objectives.
In the mid-90s, CRS expanded its programs by combining school feeding with education activities that focus on improving the quality of education, girls' access to education, support for teachers, health/hygiene education and services for students, school infrastructure improvement, and increased parental and community involvement in schools. The participants in these expanded school feeding programs are mostly pre-school and primary school students in rural, food insecure regions. In most Africa and Asia programs, school feeding activities have a special emphasis on drawing girls to school.
In the short-term, school feeding encourages children to enroll in school and attend regularly because they receive a meal at school. Through the school meal, children receive essential nutrients, which improve their ability to learn. This meal is also an incentive for parents to send their children to school because they know their children will eat well at school, and that they will not have to use limited family funds and time to prepare a midday meal.
School feeding programs also help meet long-term education and food security objectives. Over time, investments in education, especially for girls, have been shown to improve family health and incomes and help ensure food security for future generations.
In addition to school feeding activities, CRS sometimes uses schools and the school system as a delivery mechanism for other types of services. An example of this would be a health or nutrition project that provides food (to address short-term food security) or micronutrients (to address specific micronutrient deficiency) to children in schools.

Who Do These Activities Reach?

CRS' education programs are implemented around the world in Africa , Asia , Latin America and the Caribbean , the Middle East and Eastern Europe . Education activities promote increased access to, quality of, and community involvement in education, and often combine several of these goals at the same time.
Beneficiaries and participants in CRS' education projects are school-age children, their parents and other members of the larger community, teachers and administrators, and local grassroots project partners. Schools participating in CRS' education programs are public, private, and parochial.
Education programs focus on primary or pre-primary grades and are implemented through both the formal education system and informal learning environments. Informal learning environments provide basic education to groups that have traditionally been excluded from schooling and strengthen parent and community organizations to become a positive force for improving education.

Background of CRS' Education Program:

CRS is constantly evaluating and improving its education programming and recently expanded its school feeding activities to focus more on primary education. CRS began implementing new types of education programming, as well as making a fundamental shift in its programming: instead of seeing school-based food assistance as the centerpiece of the agency's education programming, education was made the focus.
Now, food assistance is seen as one of several possible interventions and school feeding was renamed Food-Assisted Education. FAE is defined as a set of "interventions supporting long-term education objectives, which are being implemented with food (among other) resources and thus aim to have short-term food security impact in addition to long-term food security impact." Adoption of this model has inspired a new generation of progressive education initiatives within the agency. A wide variety of programming is now in progress and goals include:

• Promoting girls' education
• Strengthening parental/community involvement in education
• Improving access to education
• Improving the quality of education
• Improving infrastructure and school environments
• Promoting inclusive education
• Promoting adult education and literacy
• Promoting early childhood development
• Promoting health/hygiene/nutrition/sanitation through schools
• Promoting education for peacebuilding
• Promoting vocational training and life skills
• Promoting short-term food security in emergency situations

Specific activities that meet these programming goals include:

• Distributing micronutrient supplements to improve students' health
• Providing parents with hygiene and nutrition education
• Improving teachers' skills and directors' school management techniques
• Providing take-home rations to encourage the enrollment and attendance of girls and other marginalized groups
• Initiating information and education campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of issues such as girls' education
• Strengthening Parent Teacher Associations to increase community involvement in education

Reference:
http://crs.org/education/?gclid=CM639PrBkboCFZKk4AodRUEA3g

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2

Being able to connect with another teacher from another country have been great experiences.Some times we don't realize how lucky we are. Many children in Egypt are not able to return to class today because of  their country political problem. They have to be privately tutor in order to finsih their education. Many of the schools condition are in poor condition because at this time there are no budget. The classes are at teh max and many children are sitting on the floor. Parents are advise to home school their childre or have them go to a American private school school in which it may cost a lot of money. Mai explains Teachers often write their own learner guides, which are not always better than state allocated books, but help students prepare for exams. They sell the books to students to make extra money.  However, as time goes on we all know that the children need a education. What are the parents suppose to do?The excessive use of private tutoring also suggests that the education clause of the social contract has long been broken. Other indicators, like the consistent under-education of Egypt’s poor also point to the same. In Egypt, many children receive private lessons from the very same teachers who are paid, albeit rather poorly, to teach them in school. But since correct work incentives and performance monitoring have basically been absent, and teachers are so underpaid, over time, the system of private tutoring became a regular feature in education. Rather than interfere, decades of education ministers turned a blind eye and, in effect, openly admitted to the disregard of this element of the social contract.
All together, the expense and pervasiveness of private tutoring in Egypt seems to be a vote of no confidence in the education system’s ability to adequately deliver quality education. More importantly, one could argue that the education system fulfils neither the need for nor the right to education. The system is broken. We hear this all the time.

Sharing Web Resources 2

EGYPT

Many of the articles and Web-site refer to the same problems in Egypt. I mainly find my resource through-out the news or CNN web site or friends from Egypt.

While Egypt struggles to wade through political problems, its education system suffers

Literacy rates are low and unemployment is high, especially among females

Many middle-class families are spending a large part of their income on private tutoring

A few start-up companies have emerged, however, to address the education deficit.

Two and a half years after the country's uprising began, Egypt's fledgling democracy is stillborn, stubbornly stuck between its past and future. And as the government struggles to wade through the country's protracted political problems, Egypt's festering education system is orphaned -- even though, with a growing youth population, it's key to the country's future.(CNN., 2013)
In the World Economic Forum's latest report on global competitiveness, Egypt ranked near the bottom -- 131st out of 144 countries -- for quality of primary education. Egypt's literacy rate is 66%, according to a 2011 United Nations report. Meanwhile, a report by London think tank Chatham House says just $129 a year is spent on each Egyptian student; the United States, for example, spends 40 times as much.(CNN., 2013)

Reference:
http//www.CNN.com/2013/frica/egypt-court-ruling

Poverty in Egypt

Poverty in Egypt:

Mia is my contact from Egypt. She teacher's in the city Alexandria. There are about 10 million poor families in the country. Mia teachers in American School in Egypt. Where she teachers' at many of the families are very rich but the school is located in a very poor area. Egypt, economy is not good and there is less student attending school this year.

This is a picture children in American school in Egypt.In the World Economic Forum's , Egypt ranked near the bottom -- 131st out of 144 countries -- for quality of primary education. Egypt's literacy rate is 66%.  Mia stated right now the schools are in limbo and they don't know what will happen in the next couple of months. Many of the children are live in very poor conditions even the children who are going to American schools life have been turn upside down with all the fighting in Egypt.

Sharing Web Resources

Sharing Web Resources:

The Global Fund for Children: they are a international organization that help children all over the world. At The Global Fund for Children, we transform the lives of children on the edges of society—trafficked children, refugees, child laborers—and help them regain their rights and pursue their dreams.In other words, we do all we can to let kids be kids—no matter what their circumstances. Since 1997, we’ve reached 8 million children worldwide.http://www.globalfundforchildren.org

I pick overseas program because millions of children are born into a harsh reality. The Global Fund for Children raise money to help children and their families.

Our Grantees

The Global Fund for Children partners with grassroots organizations that provide kids with what they need to thrive, even in the most challenging circumstances. Our grantees have the entrepreneurial vision and passion to transform their communities. We help them get there. Global Fund for Children grantees are:

(Newsletter: http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/index.php?option=com_civicrm&Itemid=340 )

 

Early Childhood Education Around the World

                                         Egypt

                          Professional Contact:
I choose to contact a very close friend from Egypt. His wife is a Pre-School Teacher in Alexander Egypt.
1. I e-mail  Ahmad elzoghby to ask him if his wife Mia would like to participate in a school project.
He e-mail me back and gave me his wife number.
2. The e-mail address  ahmad@elzoghby.com and the number is 910-3000.
3. Mia reach out to me today and was so happy to participate.


Global Fund for Children:

The reason why I pick global fund for Children because they reach out to all nations to help children of all ages. They not only raise money to education but they build character and confidence in these children. Children from all over the world are able participate in so many programs and events because of the Global Fund for Children.

Regions they support:

East and Southeast Asia

Europe and Eurasia

Latin America and the Caribbean

Middle East and North Africa

North America

South Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

What they do?
 Millions of children around the world are born into a stark reality: will they work in markets and mines, or go to school? Will they be trafficked into slavery, or be free? Will they be child soldiers, or students? These are staggering choices no child should face. At The Global Fund for Children, we transform the lives of children on the edges of society—trafficked children, refugees, child laborers—and help them regain their rights and pursue their dreams.In other words, we do all we can to let kids be kids—no matter what their circumstances. Since 1997, we’ve reached 8 million children worldwide.
http://www.globalfundforchildren.org

 

My Support

Family, is my  most important part of my life. My mother always told me, that I  should support my brother and sister's through-out their life. I always remember to relay this message to my own children. My husband is my back bone just as if I am his back bone and our children and grandchildren is our life support. I give thanks to God every morning to be able to wake up and see my family again. Especially my parents who supports me and my own family. We are such a close knit family if someone get sick we all take turn to take care of that person. My brother and sister's children are my children just as if my children are my brother and sister's children.

Belief:                                                    

Our Mosque is part of my support, we pray there and it also part of our community. Without the support of my mosque I think my life and my family life would be different. The support from the families that go to the mosque helps our community in many different ways. The support they have given to me and my family I couldn't ask God for better group of people. I don't now what I would do without my religion or belief. I truly thank God for keeps my family together. We always take time aleast once a week to have family dinner and during that time we pray together because we believe that if a family pray together stays together.

 

My Connection to Play

"Play is our brain's favorite way of learning."

Diane Ackerman www.thestrong.org/about-play/play-quotes

"Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity."

Kay Redfield Jamison www.thestrong.org/about-play/play-quotes

I can remember growing up in the 70's and 80's and playing outside with all my friends after school. We would play hide and see everyday. Play was different when I was growing up. We didn't have any elctronic we had dress-up clothes and bikes and playdoo and different color chalk to draw in the street. We played Old Maid cards when it was a rainy day and told funny stories.
I wish kid's today had the opportunity to run and play like we did in the 70's. The feeling of being free for those couple of hours everyday taught me to be creative and very independent. Children today are glue to a video game or some type of electronics. My grandchildren hate to walk outside especially when I take them to Smithville Historic Park. We learn about historic event and all kind of nature walks. My grandson Jayden cries its boring there are no video games and to many people. I always tell him to go and meet some friends maybe you can see if they live near us and invite them  to Galloway Community movies at the Park.
Children today are not interest in creative play they are so different from when I grew-up. I remember being out-side until the sunset and I had so many friends on my block my mom couldn't remember everyones name. Today society children don't have that many friends if so its on Facebook and there is no real connection beside looking at someone picture and texting. My friend are still my play friends because we still get together once in a while and play cards have a barberque and do the soul-train dance. These are my playing friends forever. Today Children's social development is lacking that true meaning of play.

"When children pretend, they’re using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero."

Fred Rogers:  www.thestrong.org/about-play/play-quotes

Relationship Reflection

My Grandchildren

Thye are my life. We enjoy spending time especially just talking to each other. Tom hanks  famous qoute on relationship "Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour."
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/tomhanks415422.html#OTuR0YE48OquEgmH.99

Remember my grand children our my partner in life because they learn from me and I learn from them. The love I have for them is unexplainable  and unconditional.

Eventhoughmy grandchildren are my life. My passion have always been to teach children. Sometimes when I have a child in my class who don't have jacket or new school uniform. I will go and buy it. I always think if I didn't have the extra money to buy for my grandchildren would someone help me?

Thanks To All My Colleagues

                        Thanks to everyone through this great journey. I enjoy everyones response during discussion. I have learned so much about empathy and resilience and how to really take a step back and analyze children emotional and cognitive development. Therefore with my new ways of thinking I am able to support children with new ways of social skills
                              
                                            

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/o/oliverwend135058.html#VSUZGHjCmrYY04JG.99

 

 Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children. ~ Walt Disney

 

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. ~ Margaret Mead

 

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. ~ Albert Einstein

                          http://www.sniblit.com/Quotes-About-Children.html
 

 

Testing for Intelligence

Studing children holistically should be based on unnderstand the young child from a holistic perspective with an emphasis upon the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains - as well as the child's environment. The reason why these assestment are important because we must understand each child as a individual. Their environment plays a very important part in their lifes. If we don't understand their environment than we will not understand the child. However their  cognitive and psychomotor domain influences their well-being. Therefore this will affect each child developement.

                                  Children Assessed in the Middle East
For many of years there has alway been turmoil about education in the middle eastern part of the world especially for women. Young people – especially young women – have been politically, economically and socially disenfranchised, growing up in largely opportunity-scarce settings. Moreover, the Middle East Region continues to have the highest rates of youth inactivity in the world, especially among young women who are neither studying nor employed.
The rollout of global Child Friendly School (CFS) training in 2010 has significantly boosted implementation of the CFS framework as the centrepiece of quality education interventions across Middle East Region. Therefore this give young women a opporunity to go to school and learn new technology. This give young women in these countries a far better opportunity to be education with the help of many organization. However many assessment have shown these children or young women econinomic and social enviroment have change in the past couple of years. Being able to be educated given them a opportunity to get a job and to be part of their society.
This great news make me not only happy but maybe one day I can return to my fathers' country and beable to teach at their schools.
Reference:
www.unicef.org/about/.../files/2010_MENA_RAR_for_the_Web.pdf

RACISM

I have always lived on the east coast of United States.My father is from the middle east countries and my mom half white and black and was  born United States. We are a minority family who lived in a white neighborhood. This was a tough time for me and my sibling. Racism is still here and very much alive in America. I though it was tough time when I was growing up but today I feel United States have been more divide during the election of President Obama.

I took a course in my undergraduate years called "Black Power" which made me understand about racism in United States and around the world. We are not born with racism we are taught how to be prejudice. Young children will mimic their parents or their caregivers.

However, I would love to travel to South Africa and visit Nelson Mandela and tell him thank you for all his struggles. Even to this today racism is still strong in South Africa just as it is in the United States. Even though there has been many attempts to control the deadly spread of racism  in South Africa but there is always one group people who would like to keep it alive.

When will the children feel safe will they every understand that racism do not exist with everyone.

Reference:

The Guesome reality of racist South Africa
pagemag.com/2013/.../the-gruesome-reality-of-racist-south-africa

Image Isn't Everything: Contemporary Systemic Racism and Antiracism in the Age of Obama
By: Ostertag, Stephen F.; Armaline, William T. Humanity & Society. Aug2011, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p261-289. 29p.

IMMUNIZATION //// PROTECT OUR CHILDREN

Immunization is a proven tool for controlling and eliminating life-threatening infectious diseases and is estimated to avert between 2 and 3 million deaths each year. In order to protect our children we must make sure immunization is part of the process. Many parts of the world children are not as lucky to have immunization as part of their proctecting tools.  Public Health being one of my majors in undergraduate school. I conducted a research on Polio and how it is still killing our children in different parts of the world.The United Nations Foundation has just launched a specials appeal to American parents called “Shot at Life.” The campaign’s intent is to help trigger advocacy and raise funds that would go toward providing greater access to vaccines against polio, measles, diarrhea and pneumonia in developing countries. This will help to stop the spread of many diseases and save the life of many of children. I feel that the younger generation of parents do not know how deadly these diseases can become for our children. In the early 1900's million of our children died because of the spread of Polio and chicken pox and many other diseases. If we can start a herd community it will stop the spread of Polio in other countries. Because my father is  from Morocco and my husband side of the family is from the Middle East. We visit our relative every other year and recently I was inform that Polio is on the rises in the Middle East. I support the WHO foundation every year to help many sick babies in the Middle East. Because immunization is very much needed for all children all over the world. I hope one day there will be no more Polio or smal pox or measles. Therefor, I always spread the word about how important it is to vaccinated your children in my community.

Reference:

D'Arcy, Janice: World Immunization Week: The Vaccine debate looks different abroadd 2012 1-2

 

CHILDBIRTH

I can remember when I had my children. I had four c-section. Each of my children weigh over 9lb's. My middle son weigh 10lb and 8oz. I really didn't get a chance to experience labor. I think if I did experience labor I would have stop at 2 children. I chose this example because I feel as though I miss the most miracle part of given birth.

Three ideals contained in the NAEYC and DEC codes of ethics.

I -2.3—To respect the dignity of each family and its culture, customs, and beliefs.

 

 

I -3C.2—To create a climate of trust and candor that will enable staff to speak and act in the best interests of children, families, and the field of early childhood education.

 

 

P-1.2—We shall not participate in practices that discriminate against children by denying benefits, giving special advantages, or excluding them from programs or activities on the basis of their race, religion, sex, national origin, or the status, behavior, or beliefs of their parents

The reason I pick these three is because they play important part with my own family. It is so important for me to see every child and their family have equal right no matter what their ethnicity or their beliefs maybe. Equal Opportunity should be for all students and their family...

reference:

NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf
 

Course Resources section

Additional Resources:

• "Of course children benefit from positive feedback. But praise and rewards are not the only methods of reinforcement. More emphasis... should be place on appreciation--reinforcement related explicitly and directly to the content of the child's interest and efforts."

Lilian G Katz

http://quotes.dictionary.com/search/lilian%20g.%20katz?page=1ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

• Current Topics in Early Childhood Education, Volume 6
• by:Lilian G. Katz

• Talks With Teachers of Young Children: A Collection Lilian G. Katz

Resources provided by The School

Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap
  
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf
  
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller
  
• FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf
   
• Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.
  Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title.

Part 2: Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

• Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf
  
• Websites:
  
• • World Forum Foundation
    http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
    This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the media segment on this webpage
    
  • World Organization for Early Childhood Education
    http://www.omep-usnc.org/
    Read about OMEP's mission.
    
  • Association for Childhood Education International
    http://acei.org/
    Click on "Mission/Vision" and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs" and read these statements.

 

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.naeyc.org/
  
• The Division for Early Childhood
  http://www.dec-sped.org/
  
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
  http://www.zerotothree.org/
  
• WESTED
  http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
  
• Harvard Education Letter
  http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
  
• FPG Child Development Institute
  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/
  
• Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
  
• HighScope
  http://www.highscope.org/
  
• Children's Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.org/
  
• Center for Child Care Workforce
  http://www.ccw.org/
  
• Council for Exceptional Children
  http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
  
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
  http://www.iwpr.org/
  
• National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
  http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
  
• National Child Care Association
  http://www.nccanet.org/
  
• National Institute for Early Education Research
  http://nieer.org/
  
• Pre[K]Now
  http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067
  
• Voices for America's Children
  http://www.voices.org/
  
• The Erikson Institute
  http://www.erikson.edu/
  

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

• YC Young Children
• Childhood
• Journal of Child & Family Studies
• Child Study Journal
• Multicultural Education
• Early Childhood Education Journal
• Journal of Early Childhood Research
• International Journal of Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Studies
• Maternal & Child Health Journal
• International Journal of Early Years Education

QUOTE:Motivation and Passion;

Dr. Katz; "Bless the squire and his relations and always know your proper station"(Katz,1998)
Dr Katz: "sucess for all," "realizing the child's full potential, and schools for success"(Katz,1998)

Katz, L. G. (1999). International perspectives on early childhood education: Lessons from my travels. ERIC Clearinghouse

Quotes: Motivation and Passion
President Lyndon B. Johnson:
"Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity."(Johnson,1963)
"Peace is journey of a thousands miles and it must be taken one step at a time."(Johnson,1963)

Cohen, W. J. (1968). Health, education, and welfare: accomplishments, 1963-1968, problems and challenges, and a look to the future. A report to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare

Week2
Self support each other
share indivual wisdom with each other
support each other growth

Personal Childhood Web

This is a picture of my nana, May God bless her she is 99yrs old.  She will be 100 yrs old Aug 30th of this year God Willing. A remarkable woman all around. She have always inspire me to be the best I can be. To work smart not hard and always dress like you have million bucks even if you only have $1.00 dollar in your pocket. Nana taught me and my sister how to make the best Ice Tea in the world but it still don't taste like her's. Love You NANA ............

    My sister Denise is  about 10yrs older than me. She is my big sister, she is my best friend, my personal advisor, my traveling partner.My sister was the one who would pick me up from school and take me out just to spend time with me. She talk to me about the birds and the bees and always taught me the lastest fashion and dance. I remember my early teenage years when I would feel down my sister would encourage me and make me feel better. She always came to all my ballet shows and plays. She never miss a show. Love you NeNe.............

My dearest mother, she is the back bone of my family. My mother has taught me to always be independent, always be true to myself. My mother love me and my sibling so much there was nothering in the world she wouldn't do for us. I wish I would had paid more attention when she use to cook. My mother use teach me and my sisters how to cook and clean and sew clothes. I really wasn't to interested to learn. Now I wish I could go back in time to learn again....... Love you MOMMIE!!!!                                                          

My Dad is the best dad in the world. I remember my dad to be so laid back and he seem to never worry about anything. He was the best cook in the world. He would go food shopping and he would take me and sister and ask us what we wanted. He would buy more candy and sugary cereals and our favorite juices. He was the best dad. When my mom would punishment us, he would alway talk to her to lesson the days. I could talk to him about anything and he would never get mad. He has a (reason) for everything. My dad encourage me to be the best I could be no matter what!.. He always had a story about when he was growing up ( CRAZY STORIES). Until this day, we talk everyday he is the funniest man on earth. Love you DADDY!!!!!!!