The website that I chose is, Early Childhood Australia. I went into their recent news section and
read an article that they posted on October 30th. This article talks about the importance of
investing in early childhood education. “If we are
serious about improving the education outcomes for future generations of
children, then we need to start at the very beginning and invest in early
childhood. The National Quality Framework should be seen as the first
step in this area” (Early Childhood Australia, 2013) .
The surprising
facts that I found, was that there is support for early childhood!
I have been hoping to see more support for early childhood
development, and I was excited when I saw it on the Australia Early Childhood website. There is so much negativity out there about
how Americas should not put their money into preschool programs, or early
childhood education because they do not see enough growth from it. The fact is, is that there is growth at all
in the area. It is welcomed to see such
support and positivity coming from another country, I hope that they succeed in
getting their support, and that other countries will follow!
There is a section on their website called Everyday Learning. This
part of their website has information about how to create positive learning
environments for young children! This is helpful to me because, this is the
information that I am researching for our assignments! So I am grateful to find
another resource that might hold some extra information that could be very
valuable to me in the upcoming weeks!
There is a lot of good resources on their website that I will be investigating
further, to see if there are newsletters and such that I can sign up for. It is nice to see that there is all sorts of
information in one spot, of information that I have not seen before. I am eager to see what more information I can
gain from the website!
Jessica, I join you in celebrating Australia’s quality reform program. Like Race to the Top in the U.S., early childhood investments linked with quality initiatives are a positive sign for our field. I hope the National Quality Framework will also bring supports for educators to successfully implement reforms system-wide.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations also on finding information to support you in development of your research simulation. Wishing you the best of luck as you investigate the important topic of creating a positive classroom environment for young children.
-Susan