Saturday, July 28, 2012

International Issues


Current International Research Topics in Australia

·         Working together and building partnerships in early childhood settings

·         Learning and teaching through play

·         Engaging families: Building strong communication

·         Understanding children's feelings: Emotional literacy in early childhood

Interesting Insights I Gained Exploring,  http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ website

Under the Early Childhood News tab I read an article titled, “New Era for Early Childhood.”  It highlights the changes in Australia’s early education to ensure quality across early childhood services and improve educational and developmental outcomes.   Over time the achievement gap between struggling and on level children are expanding. The Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) is partnering with governments and the early childhood sector to ensure a national system of high-quality early childhood education and care for all children. The changes are results of the raised awareness of early education on children’s critical development during the early years. 


Other interesting information:

The Early Childhood Australia website has a host of information and links to early childhood resources.  Here are a few I found really interesting:

Routines and Procedures: http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/briefs/wwb3.html

1 comment:

  1. Hi Katara,
    I also looked into the Australian Early Childhood site. I found it very informative. The early childhood professionals are making great strides in creating higher standards for the profession so that children will have access to high quality preschool programs. I really liked all the resources that they had to offer as well.

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