Final Blog!!

Over the last eight weeks I have had the opportunity to dig deeper into the livelihood of other countries and their takes on early education. The mission was to initially build contact with a professional from another country. Unfortunately, my efforts were in vein because I never heard from the ten sources of whom I reached out to. Because of this, I was able to take a deeper look into online sources such as UNICEF and even the NHSA! I learned a lot about these organizations and what they have to offer, so I am very grateful for that! Listed below is a goal that I have set for myself when looking at international contacts, as well as three consequences that I have found to be during my contact with various countries. They are as listed below:

Goal-----To remain educated about early childhood procedures in other countries. Walden has shared websites; now it's up to me to put it to use in the future. Now I know how to contact others professionally in different regions of the world!

Consequences:

* Efforts reveal no results when trying to reach overseas personally. At times it's hard to form relations with others from around the world. This class is time specific, so maybe when I try for myself in the future......I may have more time to reach out to more professionals around the world. 

* Realization that in some countries, fighting for the right of an early education will be an uphill battle. For example, a country like the Philippines may not be as prominent as say Australia. So they will not view the importance of this type of education the same. Those kids in less developed countries like the Philippines are only entitled to an early education through private sectors if they are wealthy. So this within itself is a major issue!

* Time restraints listed above can be a consequence as well. In many areas of the world, they are days apart from the time zone here in the United States. So some of our efforts may take us talking to representatives at 3:30 am when it's 9:00 am for them!! Even though I had no professionals contacts, I can remember reading a couple of posts this 8 weeks that revealed how hard it was to "catch" each other because of time differences! So time restraints could be a huge consequence of international contacts!

Even though there are consequences, my feelings are so what?!? If you are passionate about doing something, IT CAN BE DONE!! It may take hard work and plenty of effort; but when you look at what's at stake (young children)......I think we all can agree that it's well worth the effort we have put forth!!!! Wishing you all the best on your educational journey!!!! 😃

Final Blog!!

Over the last eight weeks I have had the opportunity to dig deeper into the livelihood of other countries and their takes on early education. The mission was to initially build contact with a professional from another country. Unfortunately, my efforts were in vein because I never heard from the ten sources of whom I reached out to. Because of this, I was able to take a deeper look into online sources such as UNICEF and even the NHSA! I learned a lot about these organizations and what they have to offer, so I am very grateful for that! Listed below is a goal that I have set for myself when looking at international contacts, as well as three consequences that I have found to be during my contact with various countries. They are as listed below:

Goal-----To remain educated about early childhood procedures in other countries. Walden has shared websites; now it's up to me to put it to use in the future. Now I know how to contact others professionally in different regions of the world!

Consequences:

* Efforts reveal no results when trying to reach overseas personally. At times it's hard to form relations with others from around the world. This class is time specific, so maybe when I try for myself in the future......I may have more time to reach out to more professionals around the world. 

* Realization that in some countries, fighting for the right of an early education will be an uphill battle. For example, a country like the Philippines may not be as prominent as say Australia. So they will not view the importance of this type of education the same. Those kids in less developed countries like the Philippines are only entitled to an early education through private sectors if they are wealthy. So this within itself is a major issue!

* Time restraints listed above can be a consequence as well. In many areas of the world, they are days apart from the time zone here in the United States. So some of our efforts may take us talking to representatives at 3:30 am when it's 9:00 am for them!! Even though I had no professionals contacts, I can remember reading a couple of posts this 8 weeks that revealed how hard it was to "catch" each other because of time differences! So time restraints could be a huge consequence of international contacts!

Even though there are consequences, my feelings are so what?!? If you are passionate about doing something, IT CAN BE DONE!! It may take hard work and plenty of effort; but when you look at what's at stake (young children)......I think we all can agree that it's well worth the effort we have put forth!!!! Wishing you all the best on your educational journey!!!! 😃

Final Blog!!

Over the last eight weeks I have had the opportunity to dig deeper into the livelihood of other countries and their takes on early education. The mission was to initially build contact with a professional from another country. Unfortunately, my efforts were in vein because I never heard from the ten sources of whom I reached out to. Because of this, I was able to take a deeper look into online sources such as UNICEF and even the NHSA! I learned a lot about these organizations and what they have to offer, so I am very grateful for that! Listed below is a goal that I have set for myself when looking at international contacts, as well as three consequences that I have found to be during my contact with various countries. They are as listed below:

Goal-----To remain educated about early childhood procedures in other countries. Walden has shared websites; now it's up to me to put it to use in the future. Now I know how to contact others professionally in different regions of the world!

Consequences:

* Efforts reveal no results when trying to reach overseas personally. At times it's hard to form relations with others from around the world. This class is time specific, so maybe when I try for myself in the future......I may have more time to reach out to more professionals around the world. 

* Realization that in some countries, fighting for the right of an early education will be an uphill battle. For example, a country like the Philippines may not be as prominent as say Australia. So they will not view the importance of this type of education the same. Those kids in less developed countries like the Philippines are only entitled to an early education through private sectors if they are wealthy. So this within itself is a major issue!

* Time restraints listed above can be a consequence as well. In many areas of the world, they are days apart from the time zone here in the United States. So some of our efforts may take us talking to representatives at 3:30 am when it's 9:00 am for them!! Even though I had no professionals contacts, I can remember reading a couple of posts this 8 weeks that revealed how hard it was to "catch" each other because of time differences! So time restraints could be a huge consequence of international contacts!

Even though there are consequences, my feelings are so what?!? If you are passionate about doing something, IT CAN BE DONE!! It may take hard work and plenty of effort; but when you look at what's at stake (young children)......I think we all can agree that it's well worth the effort we have put forth!!!! Wishing you all the best on your educational journey!!!! 😃

Final Blog!!

Over the last eight weeks I have had the opportunity to dig deeper into the livelihood of other countries and their takes on early education. The mission was to initially build contact with a professional from another country. Unfortunately, my efforts were in vein because I never heard from the ten sources of whom I reached out to. Because of this, I was able to take a deeper look into online sources such as UNICEF and even the NHSA! I learned a lot about these organizations and what they have to offer, so I am very grateful for that! Listed below is a goal that I have set for myself when looking at international contacts, as well as three consequences that I have found to be during my contact with various countries. They are as listed below:

Goal-----To remain educated about early childhood procedures in other countries. Walden has shared websites; now it's up to me to put it to use in the future. Now I know how to contact others professionally in different regions of the world!

Consequences:

* Efforts reveal no results when trying to reach overseas personally. At times it's hard to form relations with others from around the world. This class is time specific, so maybe when I try for myself in the future......I may have more time to reach out to more professionals around the world. 

* Realization that in some countries, fighting for the right of an early education will be an uphill battle. For example, a country like the Philippines may not be as prominent as say Australia. So they will not view the importance of this type of education the same. Those kids in less developed countries like the Philippines are only entitled to an early education through private sectors if they are wealthy. So this within itself is a major issue!

* Time restraints listed above can be a consequence as well. In many areas of the world, they are days apart from the time zone here in the United States. So some of our efforts may take us talking to representatives at 3:30 am when it's 9:00 am for them!! Even though I had no professionals contacts, I can remember reading a couple of posts this 8 weeks that revealed how hard it was to "catch" each other because of time differences! So time restraints could be a huge consequence of international contacts!

Even though there are consequences, my feelings are so what?!? If you are passionate about doing something, IT CAN BE DONE!! It may take hard work and plenty of effort; but when you look at what's at stake (young children)......I think we all can agree that it's well worth the effort we have put forth!!!! Wishing you all the best on your educational journey!!!! 😃

Final Blog!!

Over the last eight weeks I have had the opportunity to dig deeper into the livelihood of other countries and their takes on early education. The mission was to initially build contact with a professional from another country. Unfortunately, my efforts were in vein because I never heard from the ten sources of whom I reached out to. Because of this, I was able to take a deeper look into online sources such as UNICEF and even the NHSA! I learned a lot about these organizations and what they have to offer, so I am very grateful for that! Listed below is a goal that I have set for myself when looking at international contacts, as well as three consequences that I have found to be during my contact with various countries. They are as listed below:

Goal-----To remain educated about early childhood procedures in other countries. Walden has shared websites; now it's up to me to put it to use in the future. Now I know how to contact others professionally in different regions of the world!

Consequences:

* Efforts reveal no results when trying to reach overseas personally. At times it's hard to form relations with others from around the world. This class is time specific, so maybe when I try for myself in the future......I may have more time to reach out to more professionals around the world. 

* Realization that in some countries, fighting for the right of an early education will be an uphill battle. For example, a country like the Philippines may not be as prominent as say Australia. So they will not view the importance of this type of education the same. Those kids in less developed countries like the Philippines are only entitled to an early education through private sectors if they are wealthy. So this within itself is a major issue!

* Time restraints listed above can be a consequence as well. In many areas of the world, they are days apart from the time zone here in the United States. So some of our efforts may take us talking to representatives at 3:30 am when it's 9:00 am for them!! Even though I had no professionals contacts, I can remember reading a couple of posts this 8 weeks that revealed how hard it was to "catch" each other because of time differences! So time restraints could be a huge consequence of international contacts!

Even though there are consequences, my feelings are so what?!? If you are passionate about doing something, IT CAN BE DONE!! It may take hard work and plenty of effort; but when you look at what's at stake (young children)......I think we all can agree that it's well worth the effort we have put forth!!!! Wishing you all the best on your educational journey!!!! 😃

Final Blog!!

Over the last eight weeks I have had the opportunity to dig deeper into the livelihood of other countries and their takes on early education. The mission was to initially build contact with a professional from another country. Unfortunately, my efforts were in vein because I never heard from the ten sources of whom I reached out to. Because of this, I was able to take a deeper look into online sources such as UNICEF and even the NHSA! I learned a lot about these organizations and what they have to offer, so I am very grateful for that! Listed below is a goal that I have set for myself when looking at international contacts, as well as three consequences that I have found to be during my contact with various countries. They are as listed below:

Goal-----To remain educated about early childhood procedures in other countries. Walden has shared websites; now it's up to me to put it to use in the future. Now I know how to contact others professionally in different regions of the world!

Consequences:

* Efforts reveal no results when trying to reach overseas personally. At times it's hard to form relations with others from around the world. This class is time specific, so maybe when I try for myself in the future......I may have more time to reach out to more professionals around the world. 

* Realization that in some countries, fighting for the right of an early education will be an uphill battle. For example, a country like the Philippines may not be as prominent as say Australia. So they will not view the importance of this type of education the same. Those kids in less developed countries like the Philippines are only entitled to an early education through private sectors if they are wealthy. So this within itself is a major issue!

* Time restraints listed above can be a consequence as well. In many areas of the world, they are days apart from the time zone here in the United States. So some of our efforts may take us talking to representatives at 3:30 am when it's 9:00 am for them!! Even though I had no professionals contacts, I can remember reading a couple of posts this 8 weeks that revealed how hard it was to "catch" each other because of time differences! So time restraints could be a huge consequence of international contacts!

Even though there are consequences, my feelings are so what?!? If you are passionate about doing something, IT CAN BE DONE!! It may take hard work and plenty of effort; but when you look at what's at stake (young children)......I think we all can agree that it's well worth the effort we have put forth!!!! Wishing you all the best on your educational journey!!!! 😃

International Contacts

Unfortunately, the eight weeks have ended and I have yet to hear from any international contacts. I am really a bit saddened about it because I was truly inspired and eager to learn of early childhood learning, teaching strategies, requirements, and techniques from any other country besides my own! I initially contacted TEN representatives because I wanted to heighten my chances of hearing from someone; but this did not help. I was also unsuccessful with finding any podcasts, so therefore I have had to resort to completing the 'alternative' assignment for many of my blog posts this past 7 weeks! For this week, the alternative assignment was a link to UNESCO. With this link the assignment was to find things that are of interest to me. Honestly, everything I read was of interest to me because this was an organization of which I had never heard. Listed below is my journey through the UNESCO website:

 UNESCO's mission is to support early childhood policy development with the aim to build a solid foundation for a child's lifelong learning. They actively work with Member States to develop and strengthen their national capacity to meet the first goal of the 2000 Dakar Framework for Action. UNESCO was started back in the 1950's. The focus of the organization is on upstream policy work, supporting governments through policy review, publication activities, and capacity building. Their focus is on peace, poverty eradication, among other things. Education is one of the principles they use to achieve this eradication of those things listed. A few of the ways that they are able to do this through education, is by offering activities such as Literacy for All, Skills for Work and Life, and Women and Girls Education.....to name a few. UNESCO currently has 195 Members and 9 Associate Members and they service many countries around the world. I feel this organization is a very beneficial one for the field of early childhood education.

                                                                          References
 http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/

Shared Web Resources

UNICEF is the organization that I used originally when I tried to contact educational professionals from other countries. When searching through the website for other links, at the bottom of the page; I noticed there were nine countries that UNICEF did not make connections with. Curiosity got the best of me and initially I set out to find reasons why these countries were not helped by UNICEF. I was unable to solve that portion of the equation but I was as to find statistical information about all nine countries. The link stated that the information was from the year 2013. Along with normal poverty information, the link also provided early childhood information; such as attendance rates with male vs females, and rich vs poor educational statistics. Unfortunately, the link did not provide info about inequities; but when looking at the statistic numbers in each country, I'm very sure that each one has SEVERAL inequities, even the state of being in a poorer country as number 1! The nine countries are: Bahamas, Brunei, Darussalam, Cyprus, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, and Singapore. Even though UNICEF does not provide connections with the listed countries; I like the fact that they still have connections so that viewers are able to donate aid/relief/monies.

Harvard University's Global Children's Initiative

 Unfortunately I had to resort to Harvard University's website because the podcasts were unsuccessful for me. But....I did learn of the great initiative this organization is putting forth for better outcomes for our young children! First, I found that the Global Children's Initiative started in 2009. The purpose of the organization was to advance the science based approach to improving the survival, health, learning, and behavior of children facing some form of adversity. Their missions helps to restore economic productivity as well.
 The second interesting fact about the organization was that their main goal is to help close gaps between what experts know about early childhood and what the public thinks they know about early childhood.
 The final interesting fact that I found out about this great Harvard organization was the fact that their activities are split into different sectors. Listed below are just a few of those activities:


National Scientific Council on the Developing Child- responsible for synthesizing and communicating the science of early childhood and early brain development for policy making and public knowledge.


National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs- responsible for interpreting and informing research on effectiveness of programs targeting early childhood.


Science of Adversity and Resilience- advances our understanding on how genes, experiences, and the environment affects brain development prenatally and basically how it affects the child's future.


These are just a few of the things that I have learned about this wonderful organization!