Learning about the International Early Childhood Field made me realize alot. The first thing that I learned was how important the filed of early childhood is around the world. Such as UNESCO, The National Center for Children in Poverty, The Global Chidlrens Initiative. I honestly thought that this was only in the US. There are so many organizations that focus on children and their early learning. This was a surprise to me since I had never really been exposed to it before.
The second is that all across the world early childhood education is very similar. Most educators have the same goals and there seems to be an agreement among everyone of what is important to teach in the early childhood field.
I also learned about poverty, diversity, changing demographics. I realized how important all of these are to teaching children. Having this information has made me understand everything better. I look at every situation different, and I feel that in the short 8 weeks of this course I have started a journey that has led me around the world and given me a wealth of information that will make me better.
Although in the beginning of this course I did not fully understand the point of issues and trends and how it would help me teach, I learned more than I though I would and will follow many of these issues during my career.
Lisa,I did not know that was happen in the other county has it happen in the United States. That just let us know that we all go through something all the time. We need to know about poverty, diversity, changing demographics to teach children in our world today.
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