Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Farewell EDU 6162
Well to be quite frank about the consequences I learned internationally our early childhood program really sucks compare to countries such as Brazil, Norway, and Sweden. I mean even Mexico is starting to put their children first by funding programs for early childhood and here we are trying to fight to keep ours in the budget. I really did learn that even though the United States is the most powerful country it is not the smartest when it comes to education. If we know and research brain development, economics and all the ties that fit into the mesosystem than why are we not putting our children first? Countries such as Zimbabwe and Singapore are revamping their early childhood programs in efforts to enhance their children’s quality of care and learning. They even understand that educating the future of their country is the economic stability they need. I feel like I beat a dead horse in asking America why when it comes to early childhood.
Although my journey in EDU 6162 was only 8 weeks I learned a lot in international contacts and issue and trends. I am more aware of the problems and the research of early childhood, and what I can do to make a difference. I want to thank all my colleagues for their responses in every aspect. I enjoyed reading everyone’s post and their perspectives on trends and issues. I wish everyone the best and look forward to advocating with all of you in the future. Only 4 more classes to go woohoo!!!!!!
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Michele,
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about America being a strong country; however very stupid when it comes to educating our children. We need to look at those other countries and research their methods and techniques before we fall way behind. It will not take long before these other countries are stronger than us do to the fact that they will have a better education system which will lead to stronger communities.
Thank you for all your comments and support throughout this course. I learned a lot through your insights.
Lucinda
I agree with you totally. It is ashamed how much better educational programs and systems are in other countries. The U.S. has to do better when it comes to the education of our children. We have to work together as educators to make sure our educational systems and programs get better.
ReplyDeleteI definitely thinks this was the most informative of all the classes I have had so far! I definitely step out of my boundaries and learned a lot! Great to have you in class, good luck to you in the future.
ReplyDeleteI couldn’t agree with you more! We need to step it up here in the Unites States when it comes to providing quality care to children in comparison to other countries! What I don’t understand is …we have so much research supporting the importance of early development..but yet we won’t invest in early childhood education????? So confusing….Well..hey… we can change one child’s life one at a time through our efforts to provide quality learning experiences throughout our careers as early childhood professionals. Thank you for all your feedback throughout this course ;)
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