The first consequence I had concerning trying to learn about issues and trends of Early Childhood around the world is that finding the information on the web was fairly easy to find, being able to have actual conversation and specific give and take communication was not as easy. Matter of fact t did not happen at all for me.
In all of the gloom and doom surrounding young children around the world I was happily surprised that there is a lot more help and support out there than I had believed. I love the NAEYC and Zero to Three websites and I'm ashamed to say that I had not strayed to far from these two sites. Now that I have enlightened I intend to keep a broader look-out.
Another big consequence that came out of this class project was that it caused me to look at myself from another angle (or lens). What I mean is, when I first sent out the emails attempting to get another Early Childhood Professional to engage in a conversation with me, I found that I was a little nervous. What if I'm asked a question I don't know the answer to? What if I sound like a fool and this person from another county thinks that all American ECP are idiots? It also caused me to look at my commitment to children, am I doing all I can?
To sum up my thoughts on the subject, I have truly enjoyed discovering that there truly are many in the world that are taking action to help children. I appreciated reading what my peers were able to find out as well, what a wonderful collaboration of information. I have a personal goal to stay in touch with the history happening around me all over the world in the world of Early Childhood. For those peers moving on I wish you well and for those peers that will be joining me in our next Walden class, I look forward to more adventures. To our instructor Terry Davis, I thank you for your guidance and patience.
Jenn Pore`
http://www.naeyc.org
http://www.zerotothree.org
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Child Advocates Around The World
I'm not terribly surprised that I have not yet received any communication from any of the e-mails that I sent out the first week of class. So, I am using the alternative blog assignment. I visited UNESCO's "Early Childhood Care and Education site and found a multitude of short articles.
One that I found interesting was "Big Push workshop to accelerate Early childhood care and education in Africa" (UNESCO, 2013). This article spoke mostly about how current efforts in child education have neglected the cultural context. Of course we know how important it is to have that cultural meaning piece. Children learn more when they are interested in the subject and it holds meaning for them.
Another article "Education of Roma children among the subjects of World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education" (UNISCO, 2010), wow, despite current efforts close to 50% of Roma children do not finish their primary education. The biggest ethnic minority in Europe are the Roma, yet most are undereducated, poor, and out of work. UNESCO is involved is writing guidelines to address these issues for the goal of educating all children.
The last article I'll visit about is "The role of education in a world of 7 billion people" (UNESCO, ND). This is a brief article citing how important it is especially to women and girls to be literate and receive an education. The benefits of an education are many and this organization spends their time and resources making education a possibility for many around the world.
Again, as with every week I find more agencies and programs that spend their efforts and intelligence to make the world a better place for the young children and their families. I find it quite humbling to read about these world wide changes that these agencies are making. I find it awesome and amazing.
Jenn Pore`
UNESCO, (2013). Big Push workshop to accelerate early childhood care and
education in Africa. Retrieved from www.unesco.org/new/en/dakar/about-this-office/single-view/news/big-push-workshop_to_accelerate_early_childhood_care_
and_education_in_africa/#.U1MJlXAhWSo
UNESCO, (2010). Education of Roma children among the subjects of World
Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education. Retrieved from
www.unesco.org/new/en/media-servies/single-view/news/education_of_roma_
children_among_the_subjects_of_the_world_conference_on_early_childhood
_care_and_education/#.U1MH2nAhWSo
UNESCO, (nd). The role of education in a world of 7 billion people.
Retrieved from www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/
strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/single-view/education_in_a_
world_of_7_billion_people/
One that I found interesting was "Big Push workshop to accelerate Early childhood care and education in Africa" (UNESCO, 2013). This article spoke mostly about how current efforts in child education have neglected the cultural context. Of course we know how important it is to have that cultural meaning piece. Children learn more when they are interested in the subject and it holds meaning for them.
Another article "Education of Roma children among the subjects of World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education" (UNISCO, 2010), wow, despite current efforts close to 50% of Roma children do not finish their primary education. The biggest ethnic minority in Europe are the Roma, yet most are undereducated, poor, and out of work. UNESCO is involved is writing guidelines to address these issues for the goal of educating all children.
The last article I'll visit about is "The role of education in a world of 7 billion people" (UNESCO, ND). This is a brief article citing how important it is especially to women and girls to be literate and receive an education. The benefits of an education are many and this organization spends their time and resources making education a possibility for many around the world.
Again, as with every week I find more agencies and programs that spend their efforts and intelligence to make the world a better place for the young children and their families. I find it quite humbling to read about these world wide changes that these agencies are making. I find it awesome and amazing.
Jenn Pore`
UNESCO, (2013). Big Push workshop to accelerate early childhood care and
education in Africa. Retrieved from www.unesco.org/new/en/dakar/about-this-office/single-view/news/big-push-workshop_to_accelerate_early_childhood_care_
and_education_in_africa/#.U1MJlXAhWSo
UNESCO, (2010). Education of Roma children among the subjects of World
Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education. Retrieved from
www.unesco.org/new/en/media-servies/single-view/news/education_of_roma_
children_among_the_subjects_of_the_world_conference_on_early_childhood
_care_and_education/#.U1MH2nAhWSo
UNESCO, (nd). The role of education in a world of 7 billion people.
Retrieved from www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/
strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/single-view/education_in_a_
world_of_7_billion_people/
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Still More interesting Information from The Global Fund For Children
To begin with I have received an e-mail from The Global Fund, it was a request to verify my e-mail address not a newsletter. However, I take that as a positive sign that I may just receive some correspondence before this class is completed. This week I ventured into the Get Involved tab on The Global Fund For Children site (The Global Fund For Children, 2014). I expected to see an address where I could send money and what I found was a list of jobs & internships. It just so happens that The Global Fund currently has an opening for a Program Officer in East and Southeast Asia and a Foundation and Corporate Development Officer. What an amazing opportunity for just the right person!
I am certain that I have mentioned The Global Fund's blog before but, I just really need to mention it again. If you haven't already please visit and I recommend adding it to your blog. I enjoy it because they post stories of things that are happening currently And what is being done to help address the issues. Every time I go to this site I am reminded of great we have things here in America compared to many other countries. I feel that the word inequity only scratches the surface on beginning to describe the hardship and tragedy that goes on. One of the articles was actually a photo story. It was short and to the point, but very meaningful and affective. Healing Through Dance At Kolkata Sanved (The Global Fund for Children, 2014), describes the positive outcome of women learning to become dance trainers. Women are trained to teach dance as a therapy for women and girls that have suffered abuse and used in sex traffic ring. The comments that go along with the photos are the actual comments of young women that have attended the Dance School of Kolkata Sanved.
Jennifer Pore`
The Global Fund For Children, (2014). Retreived from
www.globalfundforchildren.org
The Global Fund For Children, (2014). Healing Through Dance at Kolkatia
Sanved: A Photo Story. Reteived from
www.globalfundforchildren.org/healing-through-dance-at-kolkatia-sanved-
a-photo-story
I am certain that I have mentioned The Global Fund's blog before but, I just really need to mention it again. If you haven't already please visit and I recommend adding it to your blog. I enjoy it because they post stories of things that are happening currently And what is being done to help address the issues. Every time I go to this site I am reminded of great we have things here in America compared to many other countries. I feel that the word inequity only scratches the surface on beginning to describe the hardship and tragedy that goes on. One of the articles was actually a photo story. It was short and to the point, but very meaningful and affective. Healing Through Dance At Kolkata Sanved (The Global Fund for Children, 2014), describes the positive outcome of women learning to become dance trainers. Women are trained to teach dance as a therapy for women and girls that have suffered abuse and used in sex traffic ring. The comments that go along with the photos are the actual comments of young women that have attended the Dance School of Kolkata Sanved.
Jennifer Pore`
The Global Fund For Children, (2014). Retreived from
www.globalfundforchildren.org
The Global Fund For Children, (2014). Healing Through Dance at Kolkatia
Sanved: A Photo Story. Reteived from
www.globalfundforchildren.org/healing-through-dance-at-kolkatia-sanved-
a-photo-story
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Podcast's & The Developing Child
Just when I think I have explored everything that's out there on Early Childhood I become reminded that I have only begun to touch the surface. This week I visited the Center On The Developing Child (Harvard, 2014) and I found a new location of pod casts. I have been a member of NAEYC for just over nine years, how have I missed that they have pod casts? This week I discovered that both of my top favorite sites have pod casts! Both NAEYC & Zero To Three have pod casts, I am so excited, not only for myself but for my clients. What a fabulous resource on such a wide range of topics dealing with Early Childhood AND it's FREE!
Developing Child from Harvard has a variety of types of resources such as multi-media, reports, briefs, and articles. As an example of just one of the links on how the brain works, there were more articles and multi-media than I could get through. Each link has tons of information on it's particular area of Child Development. It also felt to me that there were different levels of information, such as some papers might have been directed more for the general public to read and be able to comprehend. While other material was clearly written for practitioner's, there was something for everybody.
I very much enjoyed going through a variety of pod casts from NAEYC Radio (NAEYC, 2014). There was such a variety of topics. One of the pod casts that I listened to was on creating emotionally safe environments for children. It talked specifically about bullying and one of the suggestions was to teach assertiveness not aggressiveness and of course that the child that is doing the bullying is most likely learned this behavior from their environment and is using it as a defense mechanism. I would encourage anyone involved and interested in ECE or anyone that is a parent to check out these resources.
Jennifer Pore`
Harvard University, (2014). Center On The Developing Child. Retrieved from
http:/developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative
NAEYC Radio. (2014). Retrieved from
www.naeyc.org/newsroom/NAEYCradio
Developing Child from Harvard has a variety of types of resources such as multi-media, reports, briefs, and articles. As an example of just one of the links on how the brain works, there were more articles and multi-media than I could get through. Each link has tons of information on it's particular area of Child Development. It also felt to me that there were different levels of information, such as some papers might have been directed more for the general public to read and be able to comprehend. While other material was clearly written for practitioner's, there was something for everybody.
I very much enjoyed going through a variety of pod casts from NAEYC Radio (NAEYC, 2014). There was such a variety of topics. One of the pod casts that I listened to was on creating emotionally safe environments for children. It talked specifically about bullying and one of the suggestions was to teach assertiveness not aggressiveness and of course that the child that is doing the bullying is most likely learned this behavior from their environment and is using it as a defense mechanism. I would encourage anyone involved and interested in ECE or anyone that is a parent to check out these resources.
Jennifer Pore`
Harvard University, (2014). Center On The Developing Child. Retrieved from
http:/developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative
NAEYC Radio. (2014). Retrieved from
www.naeyc.org/newsroom/NAEYCradio
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