Some
of the current international research topics include childhood obesity and
child health, School Readiness for children, Being, Belonging and Becoming: The Early Years Learning
Framework (EYLF) – which addresses a National Standard for early learning.
There is also information about advocacy for supporting best practices
and play based learning models.
I like that the site
was easy to navigate and well organized.
The Supporting Best Practices sub page has helping links and information
for babies and toddlers, children ages 3-9, feelings and behaviors, children’s
rights and so much more.
One thing I didn't like was that to retrieve any articles
from their magazine or Research in Practice series, you had to purchase a
subscription or book. However, they do
provide you with an abstract.
It is interesting that Australia and the U.S. are researching and advocating for the same research. I wondering how many other countries are doing the same thing? Do you think that we should be partnering with other countries in regards to Early Childhood?
ReplyDeleteMalinda, Partnering with other countries makes total sense - if the data is transferable from region to region... The NAEYC and ECA should start the process!! Many countries like Africa are battling other topics like clean water, lead, and nutrition. I would think many places like the UK, Canada, Australia would have similar research topics...
DeleteDanielle thanks for sharing; researching around the world is important for our professional development. I read the African website and discovered that they are interested in involving fathers in the early childhood field. I am really happy to know that most countries are promoting high quality early childhood centers.
ReplyDeleteHello Danielle!
ReplyDeleteI too researched the Australian early childhood website. I thought it was very similar to our NAEYC site. With the position statements, and ethics, it had much of the same information. I did think that it had more links though. Especially the section with the free fact links. They seem to have many publications in which people can subscribe. I have always heard such wonderful things about the state of early childhood education in Australia. When I was in college, it was an option to do student teaching there. I think they take the role of child care-taking, and educating very seriously, but in a fashion that doesn't "hurry" the child. In my mind, I associate Australia and early childhood education as a developmental paradise! Maybe I am wrong, but I am still very curious about it!
Thanks for sharing!
Anne
Danielle I also choose Early Childhood Australia (ECA) http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/. I enjoyed viewing this site, it has lots of interesting information.
ReplyDeleteHi Danielle, Good day mate :)
ReplyDeleteI researched Australia as well :).. I found the site extremely resourceful, however I felt the same way about purchasing books and additional resources. Yes, it's great that an abstract was provided, however, some resources should be made public to assist others in increasing life outcomes. Thanks for sharing!!