I have not heard from my contact in London this week and when I did hear back from UNICEF in the Netherlands, I was not happy with their response, so I have reached out to other contacts and hopefully will hear something soon!
For this week, I reviewed Harvard's website, Global Children's Initiative.
Three new insights I gained this week:
- The economic boom and societal gaps currently happening in Brazil. It is refreshing to know that Brazilian politicians, doctors, educators, etc are coming together and working with international contacts to better their early childhood policies and practices.
-New assessment tools in Zambia, that tract child development in malaria zones while preschool aged children are attending school.
-Having the knowledge of early childhood development in other countries in conjunction with crisis or emergency situations those children are experiencing, gives me more respect for the early childhood policies and practices in our country.
2 comments:
Dear Amber,
As you explore EC websites and gather more information about the field, have you discovered that there are so many aspects of the EC profession? That is something I have found out as I discuss with others, navigate through sites, and read more information about international EC, I am astonished!
You mentioned emergencies and tragedy. This adds a whole other aspect to early childhood development. Professionals need to be ready, willing, and able to guide, nurture, and foster development in our children and their families.
Even within our own country, we have such variance in how early childhood programs are run. We all need to be on the same page for our young children. This would enable an equitable early childhood experience for all children.
Thanks!
Anne
I am realizing that I used to be quite ignorant to the dynamics of Early childhood. Coming from a background in elementary education, I often scoffed at early childhood. Now that I am immersed in the field, there's so much involved in providing a high quality education for young children and I realize you have to be a special type of person to work in this field!
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