As we continue to learn about early childhood through this research class, as we have in previous courses I am always interested to learn if other states or even countries have the same or similar issues in relation to early childhood. So to see if this were true I used my long time interest in Australia as the source of comparison for early childhood issues.
Therefore, it was enlightening to learn that when I viewed the Early Childhood website in Australia, http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/, that the topics I found were the same. Current resources include sleeping, health and obesity, school readiness, climate change, and belonging. In the archives I found that quality standards, an early learning framework, literacy, and health are all issues related to early childhood affecting Australia just as the same issues affect early childhood here in the US.
What I also found interesting was the online catalog with the availability to purchase resources for children, families, and professionals. As with other early childhood sites here in the US there was also the option to join the mailing list or become a member. Connections between the US and Australia exist within the realm of early childhood if in no other aspects.
I also visited the Australia website and was intrigued that it has all the same information as we do in the United States. This shows that early childhood education is important and people now realize the importance that a strong foundation in education has on the future of children.
ReplyDeleteI too used the Australia website for this week's blog assignment. I also found it interesting that the website discussed many of the issues and trends we learned about during our last class on issues and trends in the field of early childhood education. Due to the similarities between issues in Australia and the United States I found learning about Australia more interesting since I felt I could better relate to what they were saying.
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